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Homework Statement
use circuit shown:
if my 'drawing' gets reformatted incorrectly, this is what it 'looks' like in words.
a 25 volt battery connected to a 16ohm at the top which connects at a junction to a 8ohm that goes down and a 1 ohm that goes to the right. the 1 ohm forms top right corner with a 3 ohm resistor pointing down to the bottom left corner. the bottom left corner connects to a4 ohm resistor that connects with 8 ohm resistor coming down from the 16 ohm - 1 ohm wire. the 4 ohm is connected at a junction to a 5 ohm resistor which connects to the bottom of the battery.
the battery, 8ohm, and 3 ohm are parallel. the 16ohm and 1 ohm wire is parallel to the 5ohm-4ohm wire. both are perpendicular to the battery, 8ohm and 3 ohm resistor.
btw, for future reference, what is the best way to put up diagrams like circuit so that it won't get messed up during posting?
_____16ohm__________1ohm___
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25volts 8 3
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|____5ohm__|________4ohm___|
a) what is the potential difference across the 4 ohm resistor in the circuit?
b) what is the current in the 8 ohm resistor?
c) at what rate is the energy dissipated in the 16 ohm resistor and what fractions of all the energy dissipated is this?
Homework Equations
series resistors R = R_1 + R_2 + R_3 ...
parallel resistors 1/R = 1/R_1 + 1/R_2 + 1/R_3 ...
V = IR where V is potential, I is current, R is resistance
current I = epsilon/(R_1 + R_2) ---> not sure what epsilon stands for? R is resistor
The Attempt at a Solution
i want to know the best way to handle the circuit, i am not sure what to make into series or parallel resistors to simplify the circuit.
especially how to handle the 8 and 3 ohm resistors in the center
help appreciated
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