How would increasing the resistance affect the electric current in a simple circuit?

A. Increasing the resistance would increase the amount of electric current.
B. Increasing the resistance would decrease the amount of electric current.

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B. Increasing the resistance would decrease the amount of electric current.

This is because Ohm's Law states that current is inversely proportional to resistance, meaning that as resistance increases, current decreases and vice versa.
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