Define the following terms (a) Closed circuit (b) Open circuit (c) Electromotive force (d) Lost volts

      

Define the following terms
a. Closed circuit
b. Open circuit
c. Electromotive force
d. Lost volts

  

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joseph
a. Closed circuit
This is when charge move in a complete path when the switch is closed
b. Open circuit- this is when the charge do not move in a complete path (when the switch is open).
c. E.m.f. of a cell is the voltage across its terminals when it is supplying no current in the circuit.
d. The lost volts- the difference of terminal voltage of close circuit and it open circuit.

joseph rimiru answered the question on November 1, 2017 at 20:18


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