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You are provided with one low resistance $R_{L}$ and one high resistance $R_{H}$ and two galvanometers. One galvanometer is to be converted to an ammeter and the other to a voltmeter. Show how you will do this with the help of simple, labelled diagrams

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A galvanometer can be converted to an ammeter and an voltmeter as shown in the above diagram/.

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