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what is the resistance of a car light bulb that conducts 0.025A current when connected to a 12V car accumulator? is the current in the bulb steady?

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One form of Ohm's Law says . . . . . Resistance = Voltage / Current .

R = V / I

R = (12 v) / (0.025 A)

R = (12 / 0.025) (V/I)

R = 480 Ohms

I don't know if the current in the bulb is steady, because I don't know what a car's "accumulator" is. (Floogle isn't sure either.)

If you're referring to the car's battery, then the current is quite steady, because the battery is a purely DC storage container.

If you're referring to the car's "alternator" ... the thing that generates electrical energy in a car to keep the battery charged ... then the current is pulsating DC, because that's the form of the alternator's output.

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