Given the circuit below with unknown voltage source and a voltage drop of 2.233 v Volts on resistor R3, with (R1 = 2KΩ, R2 = 1KΩ, R3 = 3.3KΩ, R4 = 4.7KΩ, R5 = 4.7KΩ). Calculate and complete the table below.
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idont understand how to calculate the v total and current total
is it 4.5 volts and is the resistance 6.75 or 10.5 k
I'm sorry, but I am unable to access external links or images. However, I can still explain how to calculate the total voltage and total current in the circuit.
To calculate the total voltage (Vtotal), you need to find the voltage across the unknown voltage source in the circuit. Without the given voltage across the unknown source, it's not possible to directly calculate Vtotal.
To calculate the total current (Itotal), you can use Ohm's Law and Kirchhoff's Current Law (KCL). Kirchhoff's Current Law states that the sum of the currents entering and leaving a node (junction) in a circuit must be zero.
To apply KCL, you need to identify the nodes in the circuit. A node is a point in the circuit where two or more components connect. In this circuit, it seems that there is only one node.
Since there is only one node in the circuit, the total current entering the node should be equal to the total current leaving the node. Therefore, to calculate Itotal, you can sum the currents through all the resistors connected to the node.
To calculate the current through a resistor, you can use Ohm's Law, which states that the current (I) flowing through a resistor is equal to the voltage (V) across the resistor divided by its resistance (R): I = V / R.
So, you can calculate the current flowing through each resistor using the respective voltage drop across them and their resistance values. Then, sum up all those currents to find the total current.
Once you have the total current, you can use the voltage drop across each resistor and Ohm's Law to calculate the voltage across the resistors.