Answer to Question #349485 in Physics for Lithembele

Question

f you have a circuit consisting of 4

4

 resistors of equal resistance in series and the total voltage across all of them is 17

17

 V

V

, what is the voltage across each of them?

Answer 1

Given:

$R_1=...=R_4=R$

$V=17\:\rm V$

For the series connection

$$V=V_1+V_2+V_3+V_4=4V_1$$

$$V_1=\frac{V}{4}=\frac{17}{4}=4.25\:\rm V$$