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In the potentiometer, when the cell in the secondary circuit is shunted with resistance, the balance is obtained at the length 120 cm of wire. Now when the same cell is shunted with resistance, the balance is shifted to a length of 180 cm. The internal resistance of cell is .
- (1)3
- (2)4
- (3)12
- (4)6
We corrected a printing error in the original paper
Source printed “the same cell in shunted”.
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