Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Selma on Monday, March 22, 2010 at 12:59am.

A voltmeter of internal resistance of 5000 Ω is connected across the poles of a battery of internal resistance 0.20 Ω. The voltmeter reads 1.4993 volts. What is the actual zero-current emf of the battery?

Would this formula be I = V/(r+R) = 1.4993/(5000+0.20)?

Physics - drwls, Monday, March 22, 2010 at 10:51am
I (r+R) = V, where V is the zero-current emf. I is the current when the measurement is made. R is the voltmeter's internal (series) resistance. r is the battery's internal resistance.

The measured voltage is I R = V' = 1.4933

V = (V'/R)*(r+R) = 1.4933*(5000.2/5000)
= 1.4934

which is not much different.

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