Circuit with burned out bulb · CAP 2004 #Q15

Physics · electromagnetism

Problem

A circuit consists of a battery, a resistor RR, and two light bulbs A and B as shown below: [Figure: Circuit diagram showing battery, resistor R, and bulbs A and B in parallel] If the filament in light bulb A burns out, then the following is true for light bulb B: (a) It is turned off; (b) its brightness does not change; (c) it gets dimmer; (d) it gets brighter.

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