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A wattage rating of a lightbulb is the power it consumers when it is connected across a 120 V potential difference. How does the resistance of a 60 W light bulb compare to that of a 100 W light bulb? A.
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A wattage rating of a lightbulb is the power it consumers when it is connected across a 120 V potential difference. How does the resistance of a 60 W light bulb compare to that of a 100 W light bulb?

A. The 100 W bulb has the same resistance
B. The 100 W bulb has more resistance
C. The 100 W bulb has less resistance

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The answer is C.

120 V with 60 W light bulb is 240 ohms.

120 V with 100 W light bulb is 144 ohms.

The 100 W bulb has less resistance :)

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