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Question image(1) Consider a circuit set up like the one below:

What will happen when the switch is closed?  Click on the best answer.
The galvanometer will show a steady reading
The galvanometer will read zero
The galvanometer will flicker back and forth
The galvanometer will flick to one side then return to zero

(2) Now let's place a large metal plate at each of the connectors, a few millimeters apart.

Now what will happen as the switch is closed?
The galvanometer will show a steady reading
The galvanometer will read zero
The galvanometer will flicker back and forth
The galvanometer will flick to one side then return to zero
 

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