Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Electric circuits

Electric circuits — practice question

The diagram illustrates a battery linked to a potential divider and to two lamps, $P$ and $Q$. The slider on the potential divider is shifted from end $X$ to end $Y$ of the resistor. Which row indicates how the brightness of each lamp changes?

  • Abrightness of $P$: brighter; brightness of $Q$: brighter
  • Bbrightness of $P$: brighter; brightness of $Q$: dimmer
  • Cbrightness of $P$: unchanged; brightness of $Q$: brighter
  • Dbrightness of $P$: unchanged; brightness of $Q$: dimmer

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