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

User Bun Houth
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Answer:

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Sample Response: The lightbulb will light because this is a parallel circuit. Even though the switch is open in one branch, the branch the lightbulb is in forms a closed circuit, allowing the current to flow through the bulb.

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User Nick Burke
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Any circuit diagram given the funda is same .

  • Look at the switch symbol in circuit (Mostly present after cell symbol)
  • If there is a dot present the circuit is closed and current cannot be flowed so lightbulb won't light.
  • If not present a dot then lightbulb will light
Use the circuit diagram to decide if the lightbulb will light. Justify your answer-example-1
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