Two resistors of R1 = 30Ω and R2 = 21Ω are connected in parallel across a battery of voltage 10V. Determine (a) the total current flowing through the circuit; b) current flowing through individual resistors c) voltage across each resistor.

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Answer:

a) 0.81 A

b) 0.33 A , 0.48 A

c) 10 Volts , 10 volts

Explanation:

[tex]R_{1}[/tex] = 30 Ω

[tex]R_{2}[/tex] = 21 Ω

[tex]V[/tex] = Voltage of the battery = 10 Volts

a)

Parallel combination of resistance is given as

[tex]R = \frac{R_{1}R_{2}}{R_{1} + R_{2}}[/tex]

[tex]R = \frac{(30) (21)}{30 + 21}[/tex]

[tex]R = 12.4[/tex] Ω

[tex]i[/tex] = Total current flowing through the circuit

Total current flowing through the circuit is given as

[tex]i = \frac{V}{R}[/tex]

[tex]i = \frac{10}{12.4}[/tex]

[tex]i = 0.81[/tex] A

b)

In parallel, Voltage remain same.

[tex]V_{1}[/tex] = Potential difference across R₁ = 10 Volts

[tex]V_{2}[/tex] = Potential difference across R₂ = 10 Volts

Current flowing through individual resistors is given as

[tex]i_{1} = \frac{V_{1}}{R_{1}}[/tex]

[tex]i_{1} = \frac{10}{30}[/tex]

[tex]i_{1} = 0.33[/tex] A

[tex]i_{2} = \frac{V_{2}}{R_{2}}[/tex]

[tex]i_{2} = \frac{10}{21}[/tex]

[tex]i_{2} = 0.48[/tex] A

c)

In parallel, Voltage remain same, hence

[tex]V_{1}[/tex] = [tex]V_{2}[/tex] = 10 Volts