As a head-up, it is important to notice that a white dwarf only shines thanks to the stored energy and light, because a white dwarf doesn't have any hydrogen left to perform nuclear fusion.
Now the process:
First, the white dwarf accumulates all the extracted matter from its companion, onto its own surface. This extra matter increases the white dwarf's temperature and density.
After a while, the star reaches about 10 million K, so nuclear fusion can begin. The hydrogen that has been "stolen" from the other star and accumulated in the white dwarf's surface it's used for the fusion, dramatically increasing the star's brightness for a short time, causing what we know as a Nova.
As this fuel its quickly burnt out or blown into space, the star goes back to its natural white dwarf state. Since the white dwarf nor the companion star are destroyed in this process, it can happen countless of times during their lifespan.
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Archimedes Principle states that "any body completely or partially submerged in water is acted upon by an upthrust force which is equal to the magnitude of Weight of the body."
If the resistor is in series with the rest of the circuit then a is the correct answer. The voltage across the resistor in series with another resistor is

where R is the big resistor and r is the small one and V is the total voltage drop across both. This is called a voltage divider
propagated disturbance is a variation