Question.
Show how you would connect three resistors, each of resistance $6 \Omega$, so that the combination has a resistance of
(i) $9 \Omega$
(ii) $2 \Omega$.
Show how you would connect three resistors, each of resistance $6 \Omega$, so that the combination has a resistance of
(i) $9 \Omega$
(ii) $2 \Omega$.
solution:
(i) In order to get a resistance of $9 \Omega$ from three resistors, we connect two $6 \Omega$ resistors in parallel and this parallel combination in series with the third $6 \Omega$ resistor as shown in fig.
Two $6 \Omega$ resistors are in parallel, their equivalent resistance is,
$\mathrm{R}_{1}=\frac{6 \times 6}{6+6}=\frac{6 \times 6}{12}=3 \Omega$
Now, $R_{1}$ and the third $6 \Omega$ resistors are in series, their equivalent resistance is,
$R_{e}=R_{1}+6=3+6=9 \Omega$
(ii) In order to get a resistance of $2 \Omega$, we connect all the three resistors in parallel as shown in fig. Their equivalent resistance is, $\mathrm{R}_{\mathrm{p}}=\frac{6 \Omega}{3}=2 \Omega$.
(i) In order to get a resistance of $9 \Omega$ from three resistors, we connect two $6 \Omega$ resistors in parallel and this parallel combination in series with the third $6 \Omega$ resistor as shown in fig.
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Two $6 \Omega$ resistors are in parallel, their equivalent resistance is,
$\mathrm{R}_{1}=\frac{6 \times 6}{6+6}=\frac{6 \times 6}{12}=3 \Omega$
Now, $R_{1}$ and the third $6 \Omega$ resistors are in series, their equivalent resistance is,
$R_{e}=R_{1}+6=3+6=9 \Omega$
(ii) In order to get a resistance of $2 \Omega$, we connect all the three resistors in parallel as shown in fig. Their equivalent resistance is, $\mathrm{R}_{\mathrm{p}}=\frac{6 \Omega}{3}=2 \Omega$.
![. Show how you would connect three resistors, each of resistance 6 , so that the combination has a resistance of (i) 9 (ii) 2 .02](/media/uploads/2021/12/Show-how-you-would-connect-three-resistors-each-of-resistance-6--so-that-the-combination02.png)
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