Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 21 - Electric Current and Direct-Current Circuits - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 761: 121

Answer

$44V, 43\Omega $

Work Step by Step

According to Kirchhoff's loop rule, $\epsilon-Ir-IR=0$ This can be rearranged as: $ IR+Ir=\epsilon $ We plug in the known values to obtain: $(0.65A)(25\Omega)+(0.65A)r=\epsilon $....eq(1) Now for $ I=0.45A $, and $ R=55\Omega $, we have $(0.45A)(55\Omega)+(0.45A)r=\epsilon $....eq(2) Subtracting eq(2) from eq(1), we have $0=8.5V-(0.20A)r $ This simplifies to: $ r=\frac{8.5V}{0.20V}$ $ r=43\Omega $ Now we plug in $ r=43\Omega $ in eq(1) to obtain: $(0.65A)(25\Omega)+(0.65A)(43\Omega)=\epsilon $ This simplifies to: $\epsilon=44V $
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