A circuit you’re building needs an ammeter that goes from 0 mA to a full-scale reading of 50 mA. Unfortunately, the only ammeter in the storeroom goes from
a. What value of R must you use so that the meter will go to full scale when the current I is 50 mA?
b. What is the effective resistance of your ammeter?
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