A simple laboratory power supply consists of a transformer, bridge...

A simple laboratory power supply consists of a transformer, bridge rectifier and a filter capacitor. It drives a suitable load. If due to some reason one of the diodes in the rectifier circuit becomes open, then

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Aoutput voltage of power supply falls to zero.
Boutput voltage of power supply decreases to some nonzero value.
Cac ripple in the output increases.
Dripple frequency decreases.

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D. ripple frequency decreases.

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