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A battery of 6 volt is connected to the terminals of a three-metre long wire of uniform thickness and resistance of the order of 100 ohm. The difference of potential between two points separated by 50 cm on the wire will be

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Solution

when a battery of 6 V is connected to the terminals of a three metre long wire, then the potential difference per metre will be 6 V/3 m = 2 volt per metre. Now fall of potential along 50 cm or 0.5 m wire = potential gradient x length
= 2 (volt/m) x (0.5 m) = 1 volt

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