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You Have a String of Holiday Lights That Are Strung Together in a Parallel Arrangement. If One of the Lightbulbs Burns Out,what Will

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You have a string of holiday lights that are strung together in a parallel arrangement. If one of the lightbulbs burns out,what will happen to the current in the circuit? The current increases B The current stops completely The current decreases The current stays the same

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D. The current stays the same.

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## Step 1In a parallel circuit, each component is connected across the same two points, creating multiple paths for the current to flow. This means that each lightbulb in the string of holiday lights has its own path for current to flow.## Step 2If one of the lightbulbs burns out, it effectively becomes an open circuit, which means there is no path for current to flow through that lightbulb.## Step 3However, the other lightbulbs in the circuit still have their own paths for current to flow. Therefore, the current in the circuit does not stop completely, nor does it increase or decrease.## Step 4The current in the circuit stays the same because the other lightbulbs continue to provide paths for the current to flow.