College Physics
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Author: Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs
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Chapter 21, Problem 42PE
What is the sensitivity of the galvanometer (that is, what current gives a full-scale deflection) inside a voltmeter that has a 1,00-M Ω resistance or its 30.0-V scale?
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