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A metal rod is connected across a fixed potential difference and produces heat at a rate P due to the current flowing through it. If its resistance is halved while keeping the same potential difference, what happens to the rate of heat production?

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Resistors in series carry the same current, and their resistances add.

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Option C — It becomes double of P

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