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What Makes an Electric Current Flow in a Wire?

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What Makes an Electric Current Flow in a Wire?

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The potential difference between the ends of the wire makes the current flow through the wire.

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अध्याय 4: Electricity - Exercise 2 [पृष्ठ १९७]

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लखमीर सिंग Physics Part 1 [English] Class 10
अध्याय 4 Electricity
Exercise 2 | Q 17. (a) (ii) | पृष्ठ १९७

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