6 A lamp filament is to have its resistance measured by the voltmeter/ammeter method. The test voltage is 120 V while the voltmeter and ammeter resistances are 1500 2 and 0.08 2 respectively. If when connected long-shunt the ammeter reads 0.125 A, determine the percentage error of the apparent resistance measurement when the circuit is connected: (a) long-shunt (b) short-shunt

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A lamp filament is to have its resistance measured by the voltmeter/ammeter
method. The test voltage is 120 V while the voltmeter and ammeter resistances
are 1500 N and 0.08 2 respectively. If when connected long-shunt the ammeter
reads 0.125 A, determine the percentage error of the apparent resistance
measurement when the circuit is connected:
6
(a) long-shunt
(b) short-shunt.
Transcribed Image Text:A lamp filament is to have its resistance measured by the voltmeter/ammeter method. The test voltage is 120 V while the voltmeter and ammeter resistances are 1500 N and 0.08 2 respectively. If when connected long-shunt the ammeter reads 0.125 A, determine the percentage error of the apparent resistance measurement when the circuit is connected: 6 (a) long-shunt (b) short-shunt.
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