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Why doesn't a radio operating with two batteries function when one of the batteries is reversed? ​

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Answer:

If you have two batteries and they have precisely the same voltage then placing one backwards will effectively cancel out the voltages and no current will flow. However, batteries aren't like that. The slightest difference in voltages mean that current will flow.

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