Two cells in series with a resistor: resistance for which one cell's terminal voltage is zero
This type of question, asked 3 times: 2021 Paper 8, 25 Jun 2022, 27 Jul 2022. All 3 questions below, oldest first.
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Question 1
2021 Paper 8
11Two cells of emf and with internal resistance and respectively are connected in series to an external resistor (see figure). The value of , at which the potential difference across the terminals of the first cell becomes zero isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 2
25 Jun 2022
99Two cells of same emf but different internal resistances and are connected in series with a resistance R. The value of resistance R, for which the potential difference across second cell is zero, isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 3
27 Jul 2022
11Two sources of equal emfs are connected in series. This combination is connected to an external resistance . The internal resistances of the two sources are and . If the potential difference across the source of internal resistance is zero then the value of will beTap an option to check your answer.