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Chapter 21, Problem 44P

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IP Three resistors, 11 Ω, 53 Ω, and R, are connected in series with a 24.0-V battery. The total current flowing through the battery is 0.16 A.

(a) Find the value of resistance R.

(b) Find the potential difference across each resistor,

(c) If the voltage of the battery had been greater than 24.0 V, would your answer to part (a) have been larger or smaller? Explain.

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QUESTION:

Problem 44P

IP Three resistors, 11 Ω, 53 Ω, and R, are connected in series with a 24.0-V battery. The total current flowing through the battery is 0.16 A.

(a) Find the value of resistance R.

(b) Find the potential difference across each resistor,

(c) If the voltage of the battery had been greater than 24.0 V, would your answer to part (a) have been larger or smaller? Explain.

ANSWER:

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(a)

Here we need to find the unknown resistance , when , and R are connected in series with the battery with voltage  and the current through the battery is given to be .

The effective or equivalent resistance of series connected resistors is,

                                        

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