Question

What will occur if a resistor with high resistance is inserted into a circuit?

a There will be a high voltage drop across it.
b There will be a low voltage drop across it.
c There will be a high current drop across is.
d There will be a low current drop across it

Answer 1

D. There will be a low current drop across it.

Step-by-step explanation:

The current may be substantially reduced by inserting a high resistance between two points (for the sake of this example, we'll use A and B). High resistances in an electrical current tend to reduce greatly the flow of charge, and they also have large potential drops across them.

Answer 2

If the resistor is in series with the rest of the circuit then a is the correct answer. The voltage across the resistor in series with another resistor is

`V (R)/(R+r)`
where R is the big resistor and r is the small one and V is the total voltage drop across both. This is called a voltage divider