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Electricity and Magnetism Level 1

Find the amount of current flowing through the following circuit if each of the resistors is of 2 Ω 2\Omega each.


The answer is 3.

Sravanth C. by Sravanth C. , 21, India

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Sravanth C.
Feb 17, 2016

We can reduce the circuit above in the following manner, thus the equivalent resistance R e q = 1 Ω R_{eq}=1\Omega . And by Ohm's law: V = I R I = V R = 3 1 = 3 A V=IR\\I=\dfrac{V}{R}=\dfrac{3}{1}=\boxed{3A}

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How can it be like that. . Those resistors Are not in parallel Req = 8/5

A Former Brilliant Member - 5 years ago

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it's wheatstone bridge !!(balanced)

A Former Brilliant Member - 4 years, 7 months ago

I liked this!!!!!

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