JEE MAIN - Physics (2016 - 9th April Morning Slot - No. 1)

A 50 $$\Omega $$ resistance is connected to a battery of 5 V. A galvanometer of resistance 100 $$\Omega $$ is to be used as an ammeter to measure current through the resistance, for this a resistance rs is connected to the galvanometer. Which of the following connections should be employed if the measured current is within 1% of thecurrent without the ammeter in the circuit ?
rs = 0.5 $$\Omega $$ in parallel with the galvanometer
rs = 0.5 $$\Omega $$ in series with the galvanometer
rs = 1 $$\Omega $$ in series with galvanometer
rs =1 $$\Omega $$ in parallel with galvanometer

Explanation

JEE Main 2016 (Online) 9th April Morning Slot Physics - Current Electricity Question 278 English Explanation

Current in the circuit without ammeter

I $$=$$ $${5 \over {50}} = 0.1$$ A

$$ \therefore $$   With ammeter current $$=$$ 0.1 $$ \times $$ $${{99} \over {100}}$$ = 0.099 A

With ammeter equivalent resistance,

Req = 50 + $${{100\,{r_s}} \over {100 + {r_s}}}$$

$$ \therefore $$   0.099 = $${5 \over {50 + {{100\,{r_s}} \over {100 + {r_s}}}}}$$

$$ \Rightarrow $$   50 + $${{100\,{r_s}} \over {100 + {r_s}}}$$ = $${5 \over {0.099}}$$

$$ \Rightarrow $$   $${{100\,{r_s}} \over {100 + {r_s}}} = 0.5$$

$$ \Rightarrow $$   100 rs = 50 + 0.5rs

$$ \Rightarrow $$   99.5 rs = 50

$$ \Rightarrow $$   rs $$=$$ $${{50} \over {99.5}} = 0.5\,\Omega $$

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