1. Consider a 4 kΩ resistor and a 25 kΩ resistor wired in series
to a 3 V battery. Calculate the total current in the circuit.
2. Consider a 20 kΩ resistor wired
in parallel with a 5 kΩ
resistor. Calculate the equivalent resistance of the
circuit.
3. Suppose you have three resistors (A, B and C) wired
in parallel. The total current in the
circuit is measured to be 10.0 A. If both resistors A and B
have 2.0 A of current passing through each of them, how much
current does the third resistor have passing through it?
4. Suppose you have 10 different resistors of
different resistance values. Given the choice of pure series
or pure parallel, how would you choose to wire them together if you
wanted to minimize the equivalent
resistance of the circuit?