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 761: 123

Answer

$7.50\Omega$

Work Step by Step

We can find the known resistance of Wheatstone bridge as follows: $\frac{R_2}{R_1}=\frac{R_x}{R_3}$ This can be rearranged as: $R_x=\frac{R_2}{R_1}.R_3$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $R_x=\frac{15.0\Omega}{25.0\Omega}(12.5\Omega)$ $R_x=7.50\Omega$
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