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Grade 12Electric Current

Identical resistance of resistances R are connected as in figure then find out net resistance between x and y

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Profile image of Trishna goswami
8 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Satarup Dutta
8 Years ago
It is a symmetric circuit so current will not pass through the axis of symmetry. Answer will be (3R/2)In the upper of xy the resistance is (2R+(1/2R+1/2R)^-1)=3RIN L ower portion it is also 3RSo there are now two 3R resistance connected in parallelSo answer will be (1/3R)+(1/3R)^-1=3R/2