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Anode and cathode. Anode = negative lead, cathode = positive lead.

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What are the 2 ways to find out which is the positive leg and which is negative - led?

On an LED, one leg will be shorter than the other. The shorter leg is the negative polarity.


How can you work out which leg is the negative and which is the positive?

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What does a plus and minus tattoo on the top of a leg symbolize?

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Fined the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of length 6 and 8?

The length is 10 STEP by STEP: Pythagorean Theorem: c2=a2+b2 let c=hypotenuse and let a = leg with the length of 6 and let b = leg with the length of 8 c2=62+82 c2=36+64 c2=100 (get the square root of both sides) c=10 (square root of a 100 is actually positive 10 and negative 10, however, since a length or any size cannot be a negative number, then the only answer is positive 10) The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of length 6 and 8, is 10.


What are some math problems with -15 in them?

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How can you identify a negative leg on a LED?

the negative leg is shorter than the positive leg.


What are the 2 ways to find out which is the positive leg and which is negative - led?

On an LED, one leg will be shorter than the other. The shorter leg is the negative polarity.


What is the short and long legs of LED called?

Cathode (negative) is the shortest leg and there is a flat edge on the base of the LED, and it must be connected to the negative wire or "-" connection. Anode (positive) is the longest leg, and must be connected to the positive wire or "+" connection, as electricity will only pass through a LED from positive to negative.


What is the positive leg of an LED?

The longest leg is the positive leg of any LED.


Why are led legs different in size?

Current will only flow one way through an LED, so it has a positive leg and a negative leg. One of them is longer to signify which is which (longer is negative). The negative side also has a chamfered edge on the LED itself.


Is the leg positive or negative?

A leg is a limb, it is neither positive or negative.


In an LED how can you work out which leg is negative?

because the negative leg is shorter.


How can you identify the different legs of a led?

The length of the legs. The positive leg is always longer than the negative one.


On a LED which leg is longer - positive or negative?

L.E.D has one leg longer then the other one, the longer one is positive and the smaller one is negative. If you have a l.e.d which has same length of legs then look inside the l.e.d for two kind of triangle peices and one of them will be smaller which is positive and one which is bigger and is negative.


What happens if the long leg of LED is conected to a wire coming from the negative end of the dry cell?

The long leg of the LED is the Anode. Connecting the Anode to the negative end of the dry cell would bias the LED off. It would not illuminate. It may also destroy LED.


How could you identify the negative leg of a LED if both legs were cut the same length?

Look at the size of the 'flags' inside the LED lens itself. The bigger one is the positive one. Don't ask me about a bi/tri colour LED, maybe with a capacitor.


What is the negative leg of an LED called?

The side of any diode that must be negative in order for the diode to conduct is the "cathode".