Which one of the following is the advantage of connecting two dry cells in parallel instead of in series? Is it because the parallel arrangement: w) gives twice the EMF of one dry cell x) has no internal resistance y) generates heat in an external circuit half as fast as would a single cell z) has half the internal resistance of a single cell

Which one of the following is the advantage of connecting two dry cells in parallel instead of in series? Is it because the parallel arrangement: w) gives twice the EMF of one dry cell x) has no internal resistance y) generates heat in an external circuit half as fast as would a single cell z) has half the internal resistance of a single cell
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ANSWER: Z -- HAS HALF THE INTERNAL RESISTANCE OF A SINGLE CELL 
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