Number of commutator bars for a 4-pole, 2-layer, DC lap winding with 24 slots and one conductor per layer is

(A) 48 (B) 24 (C) 192 (D) 96

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Number of commutator bars for a 4-pole, 2-layer, DC lap winding with 24 slots and one conductor per layer is 24

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