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If you were going to connect two light bulbs to one battery, would you use a series or a parallel arrangement? Why? Which arrangement takes more current from the battery?
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19/07/2021 5:24 pm
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If you were going to connect two light bulbs to one battery, would you use a series or a parallel arrangement? Why? Which arrangement takes more current from the battery?
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19/07/2021 5:25 pm
Parallel arrangement because if one electrical bulb stops glowing due to some defect the other will keep glowing.
Parallel arrangement takes more current from the battery due to its lesser equivalent resistance.
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