Apolonio, Jam Alyssa A.

BSEE-2

Problem No. 1. Two resistances of 10 and 15 ohms each respectively are connected in parallel.
The two are then connected in series with a 5-ohm resistance. What is the equivalent
resistance?

1
+R3
Rtotal = 1 1
+
R1 R2
1
+5 Ω
Rtotal = 1 1
+
10 Ω 15 Ω
 Problem No. 2. Three resistors R1, R2 and R3 are connected in series-parallel with R1 in
series with the parallel combination of R2 and R3. The whole combination is connected across
a 120V DC source. Resistors R1, R2 and R3 take 750W, 250W and 200W respectively. Calculate

the resistance R2.

PTotal = P1 + P2 + P3
= 750W + 250W + 200W
= 1200W
P t 1200W
I= = = 10A
Vt 120 V
Vt
RTotal =
It
= 120V / 10A
= 12Ω
Vt
RTotal =
It
P 1 750W
V1 = = = 75V
I1 10 A
VT + V1 + Vx = 120V
Vx = 120V – 75V = 45V
V2 = V3 = 45V (because it is in parallel)

V 22
P2 =
R2
 V 22 2
R2 = = 45 V = 8.1W
P2 250 W