Q.

When electric bulbs of same power, but different marked voltage are connected in series across the power line, their brightness will be

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a

proportional to their marked voltage

b

inversely proportional to their marked voltage

c

proportional to the square of their marked voltage

d

inversely proportional to the square of their marked voltage

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

Resistance of bulb R=V2P, where V is the marked voltage and P is the marked power. P is same for both. As both bulbs are connected in series, so current in both of them will be same. So, brightness ∝  R ∝ V2.
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