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CBSE Class 10 Science 2019 · Paper 31/5/1 · Question 25(b)

Electricity 2 marks Easy
In the experiment to study the dependence of current () on the potential difference () across a resistor, a student obtained a graph as shown.
  1. (i)What does the graph depict about the dependence of current on the potential difference ?
  2. (ii)Find the current that flows through the resistor when the potential difference across it is 2.5 V.
1 0.1 2 0.2 3 0.3 4 0.4 I (A) V (volts)

Answer

The current is directly proportional to the potential difference, (Ohm's law); at 2.5 V the current is 0.25 A.

(i) The graph is a straight line passing through the origin, so the current through the resistor is directly proportional to the potential difference across it (, Ohm's law); the ratio , the resistance, is constant. (ii) , so at V the current is A.

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