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Use the circuit diagram to decide if the lightbulb will
light. Justify your answer.

Use the circuit diagram to decide if the lightbulb will light. Justify your answer-example-1
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Sample Response: The lightbulb will not light because this is a short circuit. The branch without the bulb has almost no resistance, so all the current will flow through that branch instead of flowing through the bulb.

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The lightbulb will not turn on because a switch is connected to it in parallel and when it is closed, like it is now, it becomes a short, by-passing the bulb completely.

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