Current Electricity: Short Circuit MCQ

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When a cell is short-circuited, terminal voltage equals:

Zero

V = E − Ir = E − I_sc×r. At short circuit, R_ext = 0, so I_sc = E/r and V = E − (E/r)×r = 0.