Physics (10th Edition)

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Chapter 20 - Electric Circuits - Check Your Understanding - Page 552: 10

Answer

second bulb has greater filament resistance

Work Step by Step

We have $ V=120V$ We know that $P = \frac{V^2}{R}$ thus $\frac{ P_1}{P_2} =\frac{ V^2}{R_1}*\frac{ R_2}{V^2}$ $ \frac {75}{150} =\frac{ R_2}{R_1}$ $ \implies R_1 = 2 R_2$ hence second bulb has greater filament resistance
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