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Given a 10-V power supply, would a 20-ohm resistor and a 5-ohm resistor need to be arranged in parallel or in series to generate a current of 2.5 A? How much current would move through each resistor?

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10/2.5 = 4 ohms effective resistance.

Clearly, the two given resistors cannot be in series, since their sum is 25 ohms.

1/20 + 1/5 = 1/4
so they are in parallel

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so 4 would have to generate through each resistor?

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Did you know?

Did you know that when a 10-V power supply is connected with a 20-ohm resistor and a 5-ohm resistor, they need to be arranged in series to generate a current of 2.5 A? In a series circuit, the total resistance is the sum of individual resistances. Therefore, the total resistance in this case would be 20 ohms + 5 ohms = 25 ohms. To calculate the current passing through each resistor, we can use Ohm's Law (I = V/R). Applying it to the series circuit, the total current (2.5 A) would be shared among the resistors based on their individual resistances. Using the formula, the current passing through the 20-ohm resistor would be: I = V/R = 10 V / 20 ohms = 0.5 A. Similarly, the current passing through the 5-ohm resistor would be: I = V/R = 10 V / 5 ohms = 2 A. So in this series circuit, 0.5 A of current would move through the 20-ohm resistor, while 2 A of current would move through the 5-ohm resistor.