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8 Fig. 8.1 shows a circuit that contains a battery, a fixed resistor of resistance 1000 Ω and a variable
resistor R.

1000 1

Fig. 8.1

(a) (i) State the relationship between the current IB in the battery, the current I1 in the fixed
resistor and the current I2 in the variable resistor.

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(ii) State an equation that relates the potential difference (p.d.) VB across the battery, the
p.d. V1 across the fixed resistor and the p.d. V2 across the variable resistor.

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(b) The p.d. across the battery is 9.0 V. The resistance of R is set at 500 Ω.

Calculate the current in R.

current = ...........................................................[2]

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