Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 21 - Electric Current and Direct-Current Circuits - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 756: 45

Answer

(a) $29V$ (b) $I_{65}=0.45A$ $I_{25}=1.2A$ $I_{170}=0.17A$

Work Step by Step

We can find the equivalent resistance as $\frac{1}{R_{eq}}=\frac{1}{65}+\frac{1}{25}+\frac{1}{170}$ $\implies R_{eq}=16.322\Omega$ Now we can find the emf as follows: $V=IR_{eq}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $V=(1.8)(16.322)$ $V=29V$ (b) We can find the current passing through each resistor as $I_{65}=\frac{V}{R}=\frac{29.4}{65}=0.45A$ $I_{25}=\frac{V}{R}=\frac{29.4}{25}=1.2A$ $I_{170}=total\space current -I{65}-I_{25}=1.8-1.176-0.452=0.17A$
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