Lightbulb A has twice the resistance of Lightbulb B. Which lightbulb will shine brighter if placed in an ordinary household circuit? Would your answer change if the two lightbulbs were placed in a circuit together in series?

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Lightbulb A has twice the resistance of Lightbulb B. Which lightbulb will shine brighter if placed in an ordinary household circuit? Would your answer change if the two lightbulbs were placed in a circuit together in series?

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Given :

Resistance of the light bulb A = 2* Resistance of light bulb B

 

Are placed in ordinary household circuit ( in the parallel combination )

 

Determine :

The comparative brightness of these two bulbs

 

 

Parallel combination of the resistors :

  1. Voltage is same for all the resistors and equals to the source voltage
  2. current is different for different resistors.

 

Series combination of the resistors :

  1. current is same for all the resistors.
  2. Voltage  is different for different resistors.

 

 

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