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Apply KVL,
I=r
1 +r2
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Er1
1 +r2
Er2
1 +r2
L1 E
VL1 = L
1 +L2
VL2 = L
L2 E
1 +L2
EC2
VC1 = C
VC2 = C
1 +C2
EC1
1 +C2
VZ1 = Z
VZ2 = Z
Z1 E
1 +Z2
Z2 E
1 + Z2
Example 1: Find the voltage across resistors r1 and r2 in the figure given below:
Solution:
Vr1 =
15(2.5)
2.5+5
= 5V
15(5)
Current Division
Let us now look at Current Division. Voltage Division works with Series circuits,
whereas we talk about Current Division in Parallel circuits.
1 =
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2
1 + 2
2 =
2
1 + 2
2
1 + 2
1
2 =
1 + 2
1 =
1
1 + 2
2
2 =
1 + 2
1 =
2
1 + 2
1
2 =
1 + 2
1 =
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Example 2: Find the current passing through the resistors R1 and R2 shown in the figure
below:
Solution:
R (I)
515
R (I)
I2 = R 1+R =
1
2.515
2.5+5
= 5A
R1 = R x + R y +
R2 = Ry + Rz +
R3 = Rx + Rz +
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Rx Ry
Rz
Ry Rz
Rx
Rx Rx
Ry
Rx = R
R1 R3
1 +R2 +R3
Ry = R
Rz = R
R1 R2
1 +R2 +R3
R2 R3
1 +R2 +R3
Example 3: Find the equivalent resistance between terminals xy in the given figure
below
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R1 = 2 + 2 +
2(2)
2
= 6
R2 = 6
R3 = 6
Now the given diagram will be
56
30
R ab = 5+6 = 11
106
60
106
60
R bc = 10+6 = 16
R ac = 10+6 = 16
R xy = R ac ||(R ab + R bc )
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60
30
60
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