document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=579716>Question 579716</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1. Two 100-ohms resistors are connected in series to a 24-V battery. What is the current through each resistor and what is the equivalent resistance of the circuit? what is the equivalent resistance of the circuit if they are connected in parallel? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " What is the current through each resistor and what is the equivalent resistance of the circuit?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In series the same current goes thru both resistors,  equiv resistance is 200 ohms, then using ohms law<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=24%2F200 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"24%2F200\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "I = .12 amps or 120 ma<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "what is the equivalent resistance of the circuit if they are connected in parallel?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In parallel we can use the product over sum formula<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28r1%2Ar2%29%2F%28r1%2Br2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28r1%2Ar2%29%2F%28r1%2Br2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "R = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28100%2A100%29%2F%28100%2B100%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28100%2A100%29%2F%28100%2B100%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "R = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=10000%2F200 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"10000%2F200\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "R = 50 ohms<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But if the resistors are equal. you just have to divide the value of one of the resistora by the number of resistors<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100/2 = 50 </SPAN>\n" );
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