Current Electricity Charging Discharging Of Capacitors Question 430

Question: The colour sequence in a carbon resistor is red, brown, orange and silver. The resistance of the resistor is

[DCE 2004]

Options:

A) $ 21\times 10^{3}\pm 10% $

B) $ 23\times 10^{1}\pm 10 $

C) $ 21\times 10^{3}\pm 5% $

D) $ 12\times 10^{3}\pm 5% $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

Red, brown, orange, silver red and brown represents the first two significant figures. Significant figures Multiplier Tolerance Red Brown Orange Silver 2 1 103 ± 10% \ R = $ 21\times 10^{3}\pm 10% $