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Questions imageConsider 2 W and 4 W resistors in series with a 12 V battery.  Assuming ideal ammeters and voltmeters, what will be:
A1,
A2,
V1,
V2.

For resistors in series, the total resistance, RT, is given by:

RT = R1 + R2

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