Q. Two bulbs marked 200 V -100 W and 200 V-200 W are joined in series and connected to a power supply of 200 V. The total power consumed by the two will be near to

A) 35 W
B) 66 W
C) 100 W
D) 300 W
Explanation

(b) The power of 1$^{st}$ bulb
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ F_{1} = \frac{V^{2}}{R_{1}} = \frac{(220)^{2}}{R_{1}}$
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 100 = \frac{(220)^{2}}{R_{1}}$
or $R_{1} = \frac{200\ \times 200}{100} = 400\ \Omega$
The power of IInd bulb
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ P_{2} = \frac{(200)^{2}}{R_{2}}$
or $\ \ \ \ \ \ \ 200 = \frac{(200)^{2}}{R_{2}}$
or $\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ R_{2} = \frac{200\ \times 200}{200} = 200\ \Omega$
The bulbs are joined in series.
So, $R = R_{1} + R_{2}$
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ = 400 + 200 = 600\ \Omega$
The total power
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ P = \frac{V^{2}}{R} = \frac{(200)^{2}}{600}$
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ P = 66.7\ W$

Dr. Abubacker
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Physics Educator & NEET/JEE Specialist

Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.