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Physics: Post your doubts here!

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Is answer A ?
no The answer is c and this is how i got the answer
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THE ANSWER SHOULD BE 1/3 V , BUT THE ANSWER IN BOOK IS 2/3 V
the potential on the first wire is 5/15 * 2 = 2/3 V
potential in the second wire is 10/15 * 2= 4/3 V
their difference is 2/3 V
which is potential difference.
i know why you are confused.
the place where the wire is joining is actually where there is a little dot. that is junction. where the wire pass straight through it is not a junction.
this might help
 

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i am not taking the pressure on the bottom. you can't do that. i am taking pressure as where i pointed out in that picture. see it again.
U took 2x for height in Pp and x for height in Pq, i dont get y u dint take that x im so sorry for troubling so much but i dun ge it :(
 
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the potential on the first wire is 5/15 * 2 = 2/3 V
potential in the second wire is 10/15 * 2= 4/3 V
their difference is 2/3 V
which is potential difference.
i know why you are confused.
the place where the wire is joining is actually where there is a little dot. that is junction. where the wire pass straight through it is not a junction.
this might help
Now i got it thanks
 
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the potential on the first wire is 5/15 * 2 = 2/3 V
potential in the second wire is 10/15 * 2= 4/3 V
their difference is 2/3 V
which is potential difference.
i know why you are confused.
the place where the wire is joining is actually where there is a little dot. that is junction. where the wire pass straight through it is not a junction.
this might help

Actually Suchal, the potential at the terminal in the first wire is 10/15 *2. Had there been resistors of different resistances, you would have gotten the wrong answer. At the terminal in the second wire, it would be 5/15 *2. Your answer gives a negative value, which is not same as the positive value anyway
 
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Actually Suchal, the potential at the terminal in the first wire is 10/15 *2. Had there been resistors of different resistances, you would have gotten the wrong answer. At the terminal in the second wire, it would be 5/15 *2. Your answer gives a negative value, which is not same as the positive value anyway
The wire which you called wire one, i called it wire two. Oversmart usama.
 
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