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The question regarding the current through a circuit with a 9.0V battery and four light bulbs lacks sufficient information to be solved definitively. Without knowing the resistance of the bulbs or their configuration (series or parallel), it is impossible to calculate the current accurately. Participants noted that a symbolic result could be provided with assumed resistance, but this would still be speculative. The context of a multiple-choice format adds pressure, making it challenging to deduce a logical answer under time constraints. Overall, the consensus is that the question is underspecified and likely contains an error.
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A 9.0V battery is connected to 4 light bulbs, what is then current through the circuit?

This was off my high school physics final I took 3 days ago. Is it just me or is there not enough info to figure it out? If the watts or resistance was given it would be possible, but I don't see how it is like this. I don't need an answer to the problem but if you explain how it could be done, if it can be. And yes this absolutely all the info I got for the question.
 
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The question is underspecified. The best you might do is provide a symbolic result, with an assumed bulb resistance, say R. Even then you would have to make some assumptions about how the bulbs are wired (series/parallel).
 
Exactly what I was thinking. The issue is that it was multiple choice, and with a limited amount of.time so I couldn't sit and find what logical, possible scenario might be. Plus my answer may not have been an option. My teacher must have a had a typo. She is known for that... I'll have to have that corrected.
 

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