In a potentiometer experiment, a null point is obtained at a particular point for a cell on a potentiometer wire of length $L$. If the length of the potentiometer wire is increased by a few centimeters without changing the cell or the driving source, the balancing length will:

  • A
    will not change
  • B
    increase
  • C
    decrease
  • D
    become zero

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