Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Chapter 25.4, Problem 25.6GI
All resistors in the figure have the same value and the battery is ideal. If an ideal voltmeter is connected between points A and B. will it read (a) 10 V, (b) between 5 and 10 V, (c) 5 V, (d) between 0 and 5 V, or (e) 0 V?
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