Current Electricity Charging Discharging Of Capacitors Question 649

Question: Two sources of equal emf are connected to an external resistance R. The internal resistances of the two sources are $ R _{1} $ and $ R _{2},(R _{2}>R _{1}) $ . If the potential difference across the source having internal resistance $ R _{2} $ is zero, then

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Options:

A) $ R=R _{1}R _{2}/(R _{1}+R _{2}) $

B) $ R=R _{1}R _{2}/(R _{2}-R _{1}) $

C) $ R=R _{2}\times (R _{1}+R _{2})/(R _{2}-R _{1}) $

D) $ R=R _{2}-R _{1} $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

$ i=\frac{2E}{R+R _{1}+R _{2}} $ From cell (2) $ E=V+iR _{2}=0+iR _{2} $

Therefore $ E=\frac{2E}{R+R _{1}+R _{2}}\times R _{2} $

Therefore $ R=R _{2}-R _{1} $