Your car’s 40.0-W headlight and 2.70-kW starter are ordinarily connected in parallel in a 12.0-V system. What power would one headlight and the starter consume if connected in series to a 12.0-V battery? (Neglect any other resistance in the circuit and any change in resistance in the two devices.)

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When connected in series the same current flows through both the headlight and the starter We can find this current by applying Ohms law to the entire circuit I V Rheadlight Rstarter where I is the cu... View the full answer