Practice mode Current Electricity

Why must a car battery have a very low internal resistance?

Correct answer A. So it can supply a large starting current without a large drop in terminal voltage

Explanation

The starter motor needs hundreds of amperes. With V = E − Ir, a large current through a high internal resistance would waste most of the emf, so r must be very small.

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