Resistors - 2

Find the equivalent resistance across A and B.

4 ohm 2 ohm 12 ohm 3 ohm 6 ohm

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7 solutions

Harsh Yadv
May 27, 2015

The two 3 Ω \Omega resistors in the top right corner are in series therefore total resistance of the two is 3+3=6.

These resistors are also in parallel with the 6 Ω \Omega resistor in the top right corner of the rhombus like arrangement of the resistors, therefore the total resistance will be- 1/(1/6+1/6)=1/(2/6)=6/2=3 Ω \Omega .

This 3 Ω \Omega is in series with the 3 Ω \Omega in the bottom right corner and total resistance will be=3+3=6.

This 6 Ω \Omega will be in parallel with the 6 Ω \Omega in the center and as we have seen above the total resistance will be 3 Ω \Omega .

This 3 Ω \Omega is in series with the 3 Ω \Omega in the bottom left corner so the total resistance of the two will be 3+3=6 Ω \Omega .

This 6 Ω \Omega is in parallel with the 6 Ω \Omega in the top left corner and thus the total resistance will be equal to 3 Ω \Omega .

Sravanth C.
May 23, 2015

The connection though looks complicated, but it is very easy,

Let's start from A A , we have two 3 Ω 3\Omega resistors in series, (let this be R 1 R_1 ), which is connected to a 6 Ω 6\Omega resistor in parallel (let this be R 2 R_2 ), therefore, the equivalent resistance is given by 1 R e q = 1 R 1 + 1 R 2 = 1 3 + 3 + 1 6 = 2 6 O r , R e q = 3 Ω \dfrac{1}{R_{eq}}= \dfrac{1}{R_1}+\dfrac{1}{R_2} \\ = \dfrac{1}{3+3}+\dfrac{1}{6} \\ =\dfrac{2}{6} \\ Or, R_{eq}=3\Omega

Similarly, we find that the remaining give rise to the same pattern, therefore, the total resistance of the conductor, i.e R t o t a l = 3 Ω R_{total}=3\Omega

How the value of 1/R2 has been arrived to 16 and finally to 2/6 is not clear? Please clarify to reach to conclusion of R equivalent to 3 ohms ,Thanks!

Krishna Garg - 6 years ago

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Thanks for pointing that out, it was a typo! ¨ \huge\ddot \smile

Sravanth C. - 6 years ago

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Good that you realised that others are really interested in solution of the brilliant problems. Hope some one comes with the perfect solution,best wishes !!!

Krishna Garg - 6 years ago

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@Krishna Garg Thank you sir!

Sravanth C. - 6 years ago

OH isee now

There is a catch and the answer is 12 ohms

Sai Kiran - 6 years ago
Rajorshi Koyal
Dec 4, 2015

Start form th point from where u don't have any branching u will solve it mentally I bet.

Eswar Gvs
May 27, 2015

( ( ( ( 3 - 3 ) || 6 ) - 3 ) || 6 ) - 3 ) || 6 )

Shivam Chauhan
May 27, 2015

from uppermost right corner, 3+3=6, 1/(1/6+1/6)=3, 3+3=6, 1/(1/6+1/6)=3, 3+3=6, 1/(1/6+1/6)=3

Nisha Kamble
May 27, 2015

In the rightmost top corner, the two 3 ohm resistors are connected in series with each other and their combination ( 3+3=6 ) is connected in parallel with the 6 ohm resistor. Hence the total resistance of the right top corner is 6 || 6 = 3 ohm. This 3 ohm is connected in series with the lowermost right 3 ohm resistor giving effective resistance of 3 + 3 = 6 ohm. This 6 ohm is again connected with the central 6 ohm resistor in parallel giving resistance 6||6=3 ohm. This 3 ohm is now in series with the lowermost left 3 ohm giving total as 3+3=6 ohm. Now this 6 ohm is connected in parallel with the 6 ohm resistor between points A and B giving total effective resistance between A and B as 6||6=3 ohm... That's it...

Tauhidul Islam
May 27, 2015

3+3=6,6||6=3,3+3=6,6||6=3,3+3=6,6||6=3

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