Question: Suppose you have a 40.0- galvanometer with a 25.0-A sensitivity. (a) What resistance would you put in series with it to allow it to be

Suppose you have a 40.0-Ω galvanometer with a 25.0-μA sensitivity.

(a) What resistance would you put in series with it to allow it to be used as a voltmeter that has a full-scale deflection for 0.500 mV? 

(b) What is unreasonable about this result? 

(c) Which assumptions are responsible?

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