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Current Electricity

Question

V-I graphs for parallel and series combination of two metallic resistors are as shown in the figure. Which graph represents the parallel combination? Justify you answer.

Answer

The slope of a V-I graph represents resistance. And, the resistance is higher for series combination as compared to that of a parallel combination. In the figure given, we observe that B has higher slope and hence higher resistance. Therefore, A represents the parallel combination.