The resistance of each brake lightbulb on an automobile is 7.4 Ω. Use the fact that cars have 12-V electrical systems to compute the current that flows in each bulb if they are connected in series.

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The resistance of each brake lightbulb on an automobile is 7.4 Ω. Use the fact that cars have 12-V electrical systems to compute the current that flows in each bulb if they are connected in series. (For simplicity, assume that the circuit is only composed of one brake lightbulb and the car battery.)

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