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A potentiometer circuit has been setup for finding. The internal resistance of a given cell. The main battery used a negligible internal resistance. The potentiometer wire itsefl is `4 m` long. When the resistance, `R`, connected across the given cell, has value of
(i) Infinity `9.5 Omega`,
(ii) the 'balancing length' , on the potentiometer wire are found to be `3 m` and `2.85 m`, respectively.
The value of internal resistance of the cell is

A

` 0.25 Omega`

B

` 0.95 Omega`

C

` 0.5 Omega`

D

`0.75 Omega`

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