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Ima

Pmw(Power
inmilliwatts)

R1

R2

R3

R4

Re

Wecangoaheadandfillintheresistancecolumn

Ima

Pmw(Power
inmilliwatts)

R1

R2

R3

R4

Re

Now,R3andR4arePARALLELRESISTORS.YouNEEDtocalculatethetotalresistanceforthese2
resistors.TheformulaisR3*R4/R3+R4.Inthiscase,itis3*6/3+6,whichequals2.ONLYUSETHIS
FORMULAWITHPARALLELRESISTORS!
Reistheequivalentresistanceamongsttheparallelresistors,sotheresistanceforReis2

NowfindtheCURRENTfortheresistors.
TheformulaisVoltageofbattery/R1+R2+R3+etc
Hereitis16V/8+6+2=1ma

Ima

Pmw(Power
inmilliwatts)

R1

R2

R3

R4

Re

Assaidinthediagram,thereare1maofcurrentflowingthroughoutthecircuit,therefore,
R1gets1ma,R2gets1ma,andR3andR4combinedgets1ma.ThismeansthatRe
gets1mab/citisthetotalofR3andR4.

Ima

Pmw(Power
inmilliwatts)

R1

R2

R3

R4

Re

UsingtheformulaVoltage=Resistance*Current,calculatetheVforR1andR2andRe

Ima

Pmw(Power
inmilliwatts)

R1

R2

R3

R4

Re

SinceRehasaVof2,sodoesR3andR4

Ima

Pmw(Power
inmilliwatts)

R1

R2

R3

.666

1.333

R4

.333

.666

Re

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