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Question
A cell of emf ‘E’ and internal resistance ‘r’ draws a current ‘I’. Write the relation between terminal voltage ‘V’ in terms of E, I and r ?
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Solution
When a current I draws from a cell of emf E and internal resistance r, then the terminal voltage is V = E-Ir .
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