Two cells of emfs approximately 5 V and 10 V are to be accurately compared using a potentiometer of length 400 cm.4. 
(a)
The battery that runs the potentiometer should have voltage of 8 V.
(b) The battery of potentiometer can have a voltage of 15 V and R adjusted so that the potential drop across the wire slightly exceeds 10 V.

(c) The first portion of 50 cm of wire itself should have a potential drop of 10 V.
(d) Potentiometer is usually used for comparing resistances and not voltages.

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Explanation-The potential drop along the wires of potentiometer should be greater than emfs of cells.
In a potentiometer experiment, the emf of a cell can be measured if the potential drop along the potentiometer wire is mo

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