Question: ( a ) You short - circuit a 1 8 volt battery by connecting a short wire from one end of the battery to the

(a) You short-circuit a 18 volt battery by connecting a short wire from one end of the battery to the other end. If the current in the short circuit is measured to be 16 amperes, what is the internal resistance of the battery?
1.125
1.13
(b) What is the power generated by the battery?
288
288
W
(c) How much energy is dissipated in the internal resistance every second? (Remember that one watt is one joule per second.)
288
288
J
(d) This same battery is now connected to a 12 resistor. How much current flows through this resistor?
1.371
1.37
A
(e) How much power is dissipated in the 12 resistor?
22.569
22.6
W
(f) The leads to a voltmeter are placed at the two ends of the battery of this circuit containing the 12 resistor. What does the meter read?
16.4576
16.5
V

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