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A wire has resisitance 16ohms.It is bent in the form of an equilateral triangle.The effective resistance of the loop betweent he two points on any median of the triangle is.............. pls explain....

A wire has resisitance 16ohms.It is bent in the form of an equilateral triangle.The effective resistance of the loop betweent he two points on any median of the triangle is..............


pls explain....

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Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
312 Points
13 years ago

it is equivalent to 2 8ohm resistors in parallel. thus, the equivalent resistance is 8/2 =4ohms

Ashwin Sinha
520 Points
13 years ago

Dear Vishwajit,

    Resis. of one side of Triangle is 16/3Ω. Now netr resistance bet. any 2 pts. is parallel of 2(16/3) & 16/3.

      So, net resist. is 32/9Ω.

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