If the current flowing through a fixed resistor is halved, the heat produced in it will become:

(a) double
(b) one-half
(c) one-fourth
(d) four times

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Solution

(c) one-fourth
This is so because heat produced is directly proportional to the square of the current passing through the resistor.

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