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Circuit Problem Answer Key

The document outlines a series of calculations involving resistors in both series and parallel circuits, applying Ohm's law to determine total resistance, current, and voltage across various components. It details the steps taken to find the total resistance, current for individual resistors, and the voltage across them, leading to the final calculations for resistors R4 and R6. Additionally, it emphasizes that the worksheet focuses on understanding circuitry rather than precision in significant figures.

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Circuit Problem Answer Key

The document outlines a series of calculations involving resistors in both series and parallel circuits, applying Ohm's law to determine total resistance, current, and voltage across various components. It details the steps taken to find the total resistance, current for individual resistors, and the voltage across them, leading to the final calculations for resistors R4 and R6. Additionally, it emphasizes that the worksheet focuses on understanding circuitry rather than precision in significant figures.

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1. First, we’ll knock out some of the easier values to find.

Since current in a series


is equal throughout it, we can use our current from R4 for Total current and the
current of R1

2. With that new information plugged into our table, we can see that we have both
the total voltage and the total current, which means that we can use Ohm’s law
to find the total resistance. 20 / 4 = 5, so our total resistance is 5Ω

3. We can also do ohms law with both R1 and R5, to get the values 0.25Ω and 3V
respectively

4. R5 and R6 are both in the same series, which means that they’ll have the same
current, so R6 has a current of 1A

5. With parallel circuts, current adds up to the total ( I1 + I2 = It ). Since we have


the total current (4A) and the current of R5 & R6 (1A) , we can find the current of
R2 & R3.
4 - 1 = 3, so our current for R2 and R3 is 3A.

6. Using Ohm’s law, we can now find the Voltage of R2 and R3, with the results be-
ing 6V and 3V.

7. Since R2 and R3 are parallel with R5 and R6, their total voltage should be the
same, as parallel circuits have identical voltage. R2 and R3 have a total voltage
of 9V, so R5 and R6 should also add up to 9. Since R5 has a voltage of 3V, R6
has a voltage of 6 volts.

8. Since we have all the voltage except for the voltage of R4, we can subtract our
values for voltage from the total voltage. Make sure to only subtract 9 once, be-
cause the parallel circuits count as one series together when we calculate volt-
age. 20V - 1V - 9V = 10V

9. Finally, we can use Ohm’s law to find the resistance of R4 and R6. 10V / 4A =
2.5Ω, and 6V / 1A = 6Ω

Closed Switch Problems

1. First, we’ll find the total resistance. R5 is in parallel with R2 and R3, so first we’ll
add R2 and R3’s resistance, which will give us 3Ω. When adding resistance in
parallel, remember that we’re using 1/R. 1/3 + 1/3 = 2/3. Putting that to the
power of negative one will give us 3/2, or 1.5. adding that to our resistance from
R1 and R4 (0.25 and 2.5) gives us a total of 4.25, which is our total resistance.

2. Since we have total resistance and total voltage, we can find total current
(20/4.25 = approximately 4.7). Because of this, we know the current of R1 and
R4, both of which are also 4.7. Using ohms law, we can see that R1 has a voltage
of 1.175, and R4 has a voltage of 11.75. If we subtract 11.75 and 1.175 from our
total voltage (20 - 11.75 - 1.175 = 7.075), we’ll get the voltage for R5.

3. Now that we have voltage and resistance for R5, we can use ohm’s law to find its
current. 7.075 / 3 = approximately 2.36.
If any of your answers are off because of sig figs, don’t worry. While it will cost you
marks in a test, this worksheet is not meant to help you with sig figs, but rather with
the circuitry.

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