Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 30 - Induction and Inductance - Questions - Page 894: 9b

Answer

1 = 2 > 3

Work Step by Step

After reopening the switch, we find that the inductor no longer behaves like a wire, and is in parallel with the resistors in all three circuits. Since the inductor is the same for each of the circuits, we can ignore it. From here, we see that the resistor R in circuits (1) and (2) will be the same as resistors in series share the same current. The resistor in the final circuit (3), will not be the same as the first two, however, as the resistor R is in parallel with another resistor as well as the inductor. (Resistors in parallel do not share the same current).
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