Battery and Resistors#

Consider a params.V V battery and two resistors: R1=params.R1 Ω and R2=params.R2 Ω.

Part 1#

If the two resistors are connected in series, what is the current through R1?

Answer Section#

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Part 2#

What is the power dissipated by R1?

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Part 3#

What is the current through R2?

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Part 4#

What is the power dissipated by R2?

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Part 5#

If the two resistors are connected in parallel, what is the current through R1?

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Part 6#

What is the power dissipated by R1?

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Part 7#

What is the current through R2?

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Part 8#

What is the power dissipated by R2?

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Attribution#

Problem is from the OpenStax University Physics Volume 2 textbook, licensed under the CC-BY 4.0 license.
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