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Worksheet #4
Electromotive Force and Terminal Voltage

Part 1: Conceptual

1. What is being measured by the voltmeter when the switch is off? How about when the switch is on?
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2. Explain why the voltmeter reading is higher when the switch is off?
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3. What must be the condition so that the emf of the battery is equal to its terminal voltage?
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4. Differentiate external resistance and internal resistance.

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5. Explain why there is no voltage drop due to the internal resistance when the battery is not connected
to the circuit.
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 Part 2: Problem Solving

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a) What is the current through the 65.0 Ω resistor? a) What is the terminal voltage?
b) What is the terminal voltage? b) What is the value of R?
c) How much voltage is drawn by the battery’s c) How much voltage is drawn by the battery’s
internal resistance? internal resistance?

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