Fig.816 shows two ways of connecting the three bulbs A, B and C to a battery. Name the two arrangements. Which of them do you prefer to use in a household circuit? Give a reason to support your answer.

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(a) is SERIES arrangement .
(b) is parallel arrangement.

A PARALLEL arrangement of bulbs is preferred as if one of the bulbs gets fused, the other two will keep glowing.

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Fig.816 shows two ways of connecting the three bulbs A, B and C to a battery. Name the two arrangements. Which of them do you prefer to use in a household circuit? Give a reason to support your answer.

(a) is SERIES arrangement . (b) is parallel arrangement. A PARALLEL arrangement of bulbs is preferred as if one of the bulbs gets fused, the other two will keep glowing.

(a) is SERIES arrangement .
(b) is parallel arrangement.

A PARALLEL arrangement of bulbs is preferred as if one of the bulbs gets fused, the other two will keep glowing.