14 is d because the coils will be cutting the field on a more regular basis
I still don't understand your reasoning. 14 D is increasing armatures which I don't see provide a constant torque. Unless you mean 14 A since you seem to be talking about increasing coils (which implies increasing the turns?)
Which of the following would not increase the size of the deflection observed by the students?
(A) Increasing the number of turns in the secondary coil - the change in flux is greater , increasing deflection
(B) Increasing the voltage supply - again the change from 0 to 2v is greater then say 0 to 1v
(C) Decreasing the time taken to close the switch
(D) Increasing the size of the resistor- Best Answer: Use the V = I x R. If you have a power supply at a certain voltage, that won't change with adding more resistance. What will change is the current. For a set voltage (V), if resistance (R) goes up, current (I) has to come down to keep the equation balanced. So now the voltage is higher in the primary coil!
A) This is an ideal transformer so the flux is already at a maximum and the change in flux doesn't increase. If you mean the voltage is greater then this means the current is decreased and deflection is not increased.
B) I understand this
C) I understand your reasoning but about the switch being binary and not affecting the deflection. But I don't see how it is a better answer than A or D yet...
D) Well I think I did think of V=IR but my original reasoning I think was something along the lines of realising that the voltage is being constant. Thus the transformer would be the same regardless of the resistor (in terms of results in the secondary coil).
However thinking about this from another angle as I was today, if you use Is/Ip = np/ns you will see current in the secondary coil actually decreases if the primary coil current decreases and thus the deflection is decreased.
Due to some seemingly contrasting results, (which was what I was trying to figure out today) I'm not sure which approach to take is better/right in this case, if either of them at all (I could be flawed in some area, but this is currently where my understanding lies).
Your reasoning for this makes sense and I understand it up until the point where you say the voltage is higher in the primary coil. "So now the voltage is higher in the primary coil!" How did you come to this conclusion? From my understanding this is wrong and so my reasoning continues the logic and shows that deflection decreases in the galvanometer (or stays the same). If you could explain you're reasoning a bit more on how you got your answer that would be much appreciated (I really want to understand this question and the answer)!
Also BUMP, I'm still wondering about what other people got for the answers for the MCQ (especially for ones that haven't been answered by others).