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Why do electricians wear rubber hand gloves while working with electricity ?

Rubber is an insulator and does not allow the passage of electric current through it, so when electricians wear rubber gloves electric current cannot pass through them, so they don't get shock.


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An electric circuit consisting of a 0.5 m long nichrome wire XY, an ammeter, a voltmeter, four cells of 1.5 V each and a plug key was set up.

(i) Draw a diagram of this electric circuit to study the relation between the potential difference maintained between the points 'X' and 'Y' and the electric current flowing through XY.


(ii) Following graph was plotted between V and I values:



What would be the value of ratios when the potential differences us 0.8 V, 1.2 V and 1.6 V respectively?


What conclusion does you drawn from the values?


(iii) What is the resistance of the wire?