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2.40 Wewanttodesignavoltagedividercircuittoprovideanoutputvoltagev0=5Vfroma9V batteryasshowninFigureP2.40.Thecurrenttakenfromthe9Vsourcewithnoloadconnected istobe10mA.a.FindthevaluesofR1andR2.b.Nowsupposethataloadresistanceof1kis connectedacrosstheoutputterminals(i.e.,inparallelwithR2).Findtheloadedvalueofv0.c. Howcouldwechangethedesignsothevoltageremainscloserto5Vwhentheloadis connected?Howwouldthisaffectthelifeofthebattery?

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