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Question
Boojho has a cell and a single piece of connecting wire. Without cutting the wire in two, will he be able to make the bulb glow? Explain with the help of a circuit diagram.
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Solution
With the suggested configuration, he will be able to light the bulb. He can connect one of the bulb’s terminals straight to the electric cell’s negative terminal. As a result, he won’t require any additional cable for our electric circuit. The diagram depicts the needed setup:
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