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If designed properly, a good ammeter should have a very small resistance. Why? Explain clearly, using Kirchhoff's laws.

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According to Kirchhoff's current law, the current flowing into the junction must be equal to the current leaving outside the junction, I=I1+I2I = I_1+I_2.

Suppose a resistor of resistance RR connected with the battery source VV then from Kirchhoffs current law,

Vi=0VIR=0I=VR\begin{align*} \sum V_i &= 0\\ V-IR &= 0\\ I &= \dfrac{V}{R} \end{align*}

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