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Fundamental Electrical and Electronic Principles, Third Edition

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D.C. Circuits 37In this context, the wordidentical means having thesame value of resistanceIf there are ‘x ’ identical resistors in parallel the total resistance issimply R/x ohms.Worked Example 2.3QConsidering the circuit of Fig. 2.5 , calculated (a) the total resistance of the circuit, (b) the three branchcurrent, <strong>and</strong> (c) the current drawn from the battery.I 1 R 1330 ΩI 2 R 21.5 kΩIR 3 3I470 ΩE24 VFig. 2.5A(a)E 2 4 V; R 1 330 Ω ; R 2 1500 Ω ; R 3 470 Ω1 1 1 1 siemenR R R R12 31 1 1 330 1500 470 0.00303 0.000667 0.00213 0.005825 Sso R 171.68 Ω Ans (reciprocal of 0.005825)(b) I 1 E R1amp 24330I 1 72.73 mA AnsI 2 E R2amp 241500I 2 16 mA Ans

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