Question

a circuit shown below is Wheastone Bridge used to determine the valve of unknown resistor X by comparison with three resistors M,N,P whose resistances can be varied. For each setting, the resistances of each resistor is precisely known. With switches k1and k2 closed, these resistors are varied until the current in the galvanometer G is zero; the bridge is then said to be balanced. (a) if the galvanometer G shows zero deflection when M=850.0, N=15.00 and P=33.48, what is the unknown resistance X?

Answer 1

Answer:

X = 0.6

Explanation:

The resistance of the unknown resistor can be found by using the formula of the Wheatstone bridge:

$\frac{M}{N}=\frac{P}{X}\\\\\frac{850}{15} = \frac{33.48}{X}\\\\X = \frac{(33.48)(15)}{850}$

X = 0.6

Hence, the unknown value of resistance is found to be 0.6 units.