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Introduction
For a series circuit shown in Figure 1, the voltages across resistors R1, R2 and R3 can be
written as,
For a parallel circuit given in Fig. 5.2, the branch currents can be written in terms of the total
current as,
(2)
Materials
One dc power supply
One multimeter
Assorted resistors
Procedure
Simulation
1. Build the circuit given in Figure 3 on Multisim software.
2. Connect voltmeters, ammeters (or multimeters) at appropriate positions to measure
voltages and currents shown in Table 1.
3. Disconnect the voltage source. Connect a mutimeter and measure the total resistance
and record the value in Table 1. (Remember resistance is always measured without
any source connected to the circuit)
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the circuit given in Figure 4 and record the values in Table 2.
Table 1: Simulation results for Figure 3
Is I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 Req
Questions
Refer to Figure 3 and the results obtained in Table 1 and answer the following questions:
7. Is CDR applicable for R4 and R6? Why? Justify your answer on the basis of theory
given in the introduction.
Refer to Figure 4 and the results obtained in Table 2 and answer the following questions:
14. Is VDR applicable for applicable R3 and R4? Why? Justify your answer on the
basis of theory given in the introduction.
15. Is CDR applicable for R4 and R6? Why? Justify your answer on the basis of theory
given in the introduction.
16. Is the parallel combination of R4 and R6 in series or in parallel with R2? Why?
Justify.
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