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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find the equivalent resistance between a and b. Also what is the current in the resistors?(7 resistors, 7 currents) V=24V over the circuit

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@Michele_Laino

OpenStudy (michele_laino):

please wait a moment, someone is calling me to the phone

OpenStudy (anonymous):

First of all I have just collected all the resistors and found out that\[R _{tot}=11.1 \Omega\] \[I=\frac{ V }{ R } >I=\frac{ 24V }{ 11.1\Omega }=2.2Ampere\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

then I have trouble to make kirchoff's second principle around the circuit to get the currents through the resistors..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Its allright, take your time:)

OpenStudy (michele_laino):

here I'm

OpenStudy (michele_laino):

I think that the requested resistance, is the resistance of the equivalent circuit

OpenStudy (michele_laino):

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OpenStudy (michele_laino):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

so Rtot is almost 2.3ohm?

OpenStudy (michele_laino):

and: \[\Large \frac{1}{{{R_{{\text{eq}}}}}} = \frac{5}{{28}} + \frac{2}{{11}}\]

OpenStudy (michele_laino):

I got: R_eq=2.77 ohm

OpenStudy (michele_laino):

when it is possible, is better to apply the Ohm's law, rather than the second Kirchhof's law

OpenStudy (michele_laino):

now, it is easy to compute the currents, which flow into the resistors

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so I=8.6 ampere

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