10) You connect a number of identical light bulbs to an (ideal) AA flashlight battery. (a)...

10) You connect a number of identical light bulbs to an (ideal) AA flashlight battery. (a) What happens to the brightness of each bulb as more and more bulbs are added to the circuit in series? (b) in parallel? (c) In which configuration will the battery last longer? Explain your answers for each.

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The bulbs grow dimmer wit each new bulb added it is in a series circuit

the bulbs use up some of the energy because they are resistors (thats what makes the filament heat and therefore light up) and components share the energy in the circuit so if there is only one then it has all the energy to itself but if there is more then it has to share and has less energy reaching it which makes it less bright *breath* but it would be different in a parallel circuit.The bulbs grow dimmer wit each new bulb added.

genius_generous answered 1 year ago

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