COMBINATION OF RESISTANCES (OR RESISTORS)

Short ans questions:

1. Give the law of combination of resistances in series.

2. If five resistances, each of value 0.2 ohm, are connected in series, what will
be the resultant resistance?

3. State the law of combination of resistances in parallel.

4. If 3 resistances of 3 ohm each are connected in parallel, what will be their

total resistance?

5. Show how you would connect two 4 ohm resistors to produce a combined
resistance of (a) 2 ohms (b) 8 ohms.

6. A battery of 9 V is connected in series with resistors of 0.2 , 0.3 , 0.4 ,

0.5 and 12 . How much current would flow through the 12 resistor?
 7. An electric bulb of resistance 20 and a resistance wire of 4 are
connected in series with a 6 V battery.
Draw the circuit diagram and calculate:
(a) Total resistance of the circuit.
(b) Current through the circuit.
(c) potential difference across the electric bulb.
(d) potential difference across the resistance wire.

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10. An electric heater which is connected to a 220 V supply line has two resistance
coils A and B of 24 resistance each. These coils can be used separately (one at a
time), in series or in parallel. Calculate thecurrent drawn when :
(a) only one coil A is used.
(b) coils A and B are used in series.
(c) coils A and B are used in parallel.
11. A p.d. of 4 V is applied to two resistors of 6 and 2 connected in series.
Calculate :
(a) the combined resistance
(b) the current flowing
(c) the p.d. across the 6 resistor

12. A p.d. of 6 V is applied to two resistors of 3 and 6 connected in parallel.

Calculate:
(a) the combined resistance
(b) the current flowing in the main circuit
(c) the current flowing in the 3 resistor.
13. A 5 V battery is connected to two 20 resistors which are joined together in
series.
(a) Draw a circuit diagram to represent this. Add an arrow to indicate the direction
of conventional current flow in the circuit.
(b) What is the effective resistance of the two resistors?
(c) Calculate the current that flows from the battery.
(d) What is the p.d. across each resistor?
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15. A 4 coil and a 2 coil are connected in parallel. What is their combined
resistance? A total current of 3 A passes through the coils. What current passes
through the 2 coil?