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(a) What do you mean by the term load in an electric circuit ?
(b) Which of the two loads in an electric circuit bigger than the other :
(i) fluorescent tube
(ii) a `100 W` incandescent lamp ?

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(a) Electric lamps, heater air-conditioners,motor and other devices which work on electricity are called loads because they consume electric energy.
(b) `100 W` incandescent lamp.
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