A simple circuit has three resistors connected in series. The resistors are 14 ohms 12 ohms and 9 ohms. What is the total resistance of the circuit?
cell phones, laptops, desktops, anything that uses a battery. most power supplies convert AC to DC at a regulated voltage and current.
According to Ohm's law of resistance in parallel, 1/RT=1/R1+1/R2+1/R3... so 1/RT=1/12+1/4=1/12+3/12=4/12=1/3 and 1/(1/3)=3.The total resistance of the two devices is 3.There is a simpler special case formula for two resistances in parallel:* RTot = (R1R2) / (R1 + R2) In this case this it would give us (12 x 4) / (12 + 4), or 48 / 16 which equals 3 ohms.3 ohms
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The total resistance of a set of resistors in parallel is found by adding up the reciprocals of the resistance values, and then taking the reciprocal of the total. By removing a resistor the total current will lower. If you short out the parallel circuit as suggested it will take out the fuse that should be protecting the circuit.AnswerShorting-out a resistor in a parallel circuit, will act to short out the entire circuit, therefore, significantly increasing, not lowering, the current! And, as the previous answer indicates, this short-circuit current will operate any protective devices, such as a fuse.In a parallel circuit current does not lower but it will be increase if shorting-out one resistor in the two resistor parallel circuit, the circuit will become very low resistive and the larger current will flow through the short path.
A parallel circuit can run several devices using the full voltage of the supply, varying the current to the need of each device. If one device fails, the others will continue running normally. If the device shorts, the other devices will receive no voltage, preventing overload damage.A series circuit divides the supply voltage among the devices with a consistent current. If one device fails, all other devices in the circuit will either fail to receive voltage or receive too much voltage and become damaged in the case of a short.An advantage of parallel circuits is increasing the power rating of the circuit and reducing the resistance.
The net effective resistance of the parallel devices is the reciprocal of (1/12 + 1/4). Hence 3 ohms.=============================================(Which actually looks strangely similar to the first answer above.Could it be just coincidence ? I wonder . . . )
it doesn't, the one with the highest resistance does
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The powersuply. In a laptop it might be the powersupply or the battery (when unplugged).
Adding anything(yes,even a superconductor) to a any circuit adds resistance, especially devices that are by there very nature high resistors
Home devices are connected in parallel and not in series.
The generator sees a resistive load of 3.0 ohms.
All the light bulbs in your house are in parallel across the power line.All the devices plugged into a power strip are in parallel.Everything in your car that gets power from the 12V battery is in parallel.etc.
The devices increase resistance.
The total resistance of the circuit increases. hence the new resistance after adding the resistance will be new resistance = old resistance + added Resistance There is a small mistake in the question. The second word is 'changes' not 'charges'
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