Current Electricity Charging Discharging Of Capacitors Question 569

Question: Two resistors whose value are in ratio 2 : 1 are connected in parallel with one cell. Then ratio of power dissipated is

[RPMT 2000]

Options:

A) 2 : 1

B) 4 : 1

C) 1 : 2

D) 1 : 1

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

$ P=\frac{V^{2}}{R}\Rightarrow \frac{P _{1}}{P _{2}}=\frac{R _{2}}{R _{1}}=\frac{1}{2} $ .