Current Electricity Charging Discharging Of Capacitors Question 162

Question: A group of N cells whose emf varies directly with the internal resistance as per the equation EN = 1.5 rN are connected as shown in the figure below. The current I in the circuit is

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Options:

A) 0.51 amp

B) 5.1 amp

C) 0.15 amp

D) 1.5 amp

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

$ i=\frac{E _{1}+E _{2}+E _{3}+…..+E _{n}}{(r _{1}+r _{2}+r _{3}+…….+r _{n})} $

$ =\frac{1.5(r _{1}+r _{2}+r _{3}+……+r _{n})}{(r _{1}+r _{2}+r _{3}+…..+r _{n})}=1.5A $ .