You obtain a 100-W light bulb and a 50-W light bulb. Instead of connecting them in the normal way, you devise a circuit that places them in series across normal household voltage

If each one is an incandescent bulb of fixed resistance, which statement about these bulbs is correct? A) Both bulbs glow with the same brightness, but less than their normal brightness.
B) Both bulbs glow with the same brightness, but more than their normal brightness.
C) The 100-W bulb glows brighter than the 50-W bulb.
D) The 50-W bulb glows more brightly than the 100-W bulb.


D

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