75080-6-8P

AID: 1825 | 29/05/2015

Refer FIG 6.74 in the text book.

a.
Use the formula and find the total parallel connected resistors.
1 1
1
1

RT R1 R2 R3
Where,
RT
is the total resistance of the circuit
R1 , R2
are the parallel connected resistors
Substitute the resistance values and find the total resistance value.
1 1
1
1

RT R1 R2 R3
1 1
k
8 24
RT 6 k

Consider the formula and find the total conductance of the circuit.
1
GT
RT

6 103

0.1667 mS

6 k

RT
Therefore, the total resistance value
0.1667 mS
.

is

GT
and the total conductance

is

b.
Apply Ohms law and find the current to each parallel branch.
E
I1
R1
R1

8 k
Substitute 48V for E and
E
I1
R1

for

I1
in the equation to find

48 V

8 103

6 mA

R2

24 k
Substitute 48V for E and
E
I2
R2

for

I2

in the equation to find

48 V

24 103

2 mA

Use the formula and calculate the total current in the circuit.
E
IS
RT
=

48
6 103

8 mA
6 mA and 2mA

I1 and I 2

Therefore, the branch currents

8 mA
IS
current
is
.

are

respectively and the total

c.
R1

The values of

RT
8 k R2 24 k
6 k
is
,
is
and the total resistance in the circuit
is
.

Apply Ohms law to each element and verify that the source current is equal to the sum of
the branch currents.

RT

IS
=

48
6 103

8 mA
Use the formula and calculate the total current in the circuit.
I S I1 I 2
6 2 mA
8 mA

Therefore it is proved that the source current is equal to the sum of the branch currents.
d.
Use the formula and find the total power delivered to the circuit.
PT I S 2 RT
= 8 mA

6 k

0.384 W
R1

Use the formula and find the power dissipated in the resistor
PR1 I12 R1
= 6 mA

8 k

0.288 W
R2
Use the formula and find the power dissipated in the resistor
PR 2 I 2 2 R2
= 2 mA

24 k

0.096 W
Calculate the total power to the circuit.
PT PR1 PR 2
0.288 0.096

=0.384 W
R1 and R2

0.288 W and 0.096 W

Therefore, the power dissipated in the resistors

is
respectively. Also, it is proved that the total power delivered is equal to the power
dissipated in each resistor.
e.
All the resistors are below 0.5W power rating. The available wattage rating of the
1 2W
resistors are
, 1 W, 2 W and 50 W.
1 W, 2 W and 50 W is too large for the obtained power values.
Therefore, the minimum wattage rating for each resistor can be

1 2 W
resistor.