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Author(s) Paul Peter Urone

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ISBN 9781938168000

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Two resistors, one having a resistance of $900 kΩ$ , are connected in series to produce a total resistance of $0.5 MΩ$ . (a) What is the value of the second resistance? (b) What is unreasonable about this result? (c) Which assumptions are unreasonable or inconsistent?

(a)The value of the second resistance is $R_{2} = - 400 kΩ$ .

(b)Value of the second resistor is negative.

(c)Resistance of the series is less than the resistance of the single resistor.

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Step 1: Combination of series resistance

The resultant resistance of series combination resistors is given as,

$R_{s} = R_{1} + R_{2}$

Here, $R_{s}$ is the resultant resistance for series combination, $R_{1}$ and $R_{2}$ are the resistances of the resistors connected in series.

Step 2: Calculation of the second resistance

(a)

Resistors value in series adds up. That means that:

$R_{2} = R_{s} - R_{1} = 0.5 MΩ - 900 kΩ = 0.5 MΩ (\frac{1000 kΩ}{1 MΩ}) - 900 kΩ = - 400 kΩ$

Therefore, the value of the second resistance is $R_{2} = - 400 kΩ$ .

Step 3: Unreasonable about the result

(b)

The unreasonable result is: negative value of the second resistor.

Step 4: Inconsistence assumption

(c)

The assumptions are unreasonable or inconsistent is, resistance of the series is less than the resistance of the single resistor.

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Two resistors, one having a resistance of $900 kΩ$ , are connected in series to produce a total resistance of $0.5 MΩ$ . (a) What is the value of the second resistance? (b) What is unreasonable about this result? (c) Which assumptions are unreasonable or inconsistent?

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Step 1: Combination of series resistance

Step 2: Calculation of the second resistance

Step 3: Unreasonable about the result

Step 4: Inconsistence assumption

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Two resistors, one having a resistance of900 kΩ, are connected in series to produce a total resistance of 0.5 MΩ. (a) What is the value of the second resistance? (b) What is unreasonable about this result? (c) Which assumptions are unreasonable or inconsistent?

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