Name:
Experiment#/Title: 6. Parallel Resistive Circuits
Date:
Data Sheet
Part A:
Supply voltage, V = 15 V
Total resistance, $R_T = 1/((1/R1)+(1/R2) + ....)$
S.
NO
Resistance, K Ohms
Total
Current,mA
Total Resistance
Measured, Standard,
$R = V/I$
(use the formula)
3.6 k
2 K
12.43
3.6 k
2 K
4.7 k
13.72
3.6 k
2 K
4.7k 56k
16.02
5. Result/Discussion:
1. How did the results verify the resistors are combined in parallel?
2. Is the combined resistance smaller than the resistance taken individually?
3. In a parallel circuit, if one resistor is open the current in the other resistors is zero
-True or False?
4. Three resistors of 3000 Ohms, 3 k Ohms, and 0.003 M Ohms are connected in
parallel. What is the total resistance of the circuit?