3.9 QUESTIONS
[Passive sign convention is assumed throughout]
- What is meant by linearity of an electrical element? Show that a resistor satisfying Ohm's law is a linear element.
- What are series equivalent and parallel equivalent of n equal resistors?
- Show that a resistor in parallel with a short-circuit is a short-circuit.
- Show that a resistor in series with an open-circuit is an open-circuit.
- Show that the parallel equivalent of a set of resistors will be less than the resistor with the least value among them.
- How many different values of resistance can be obtained by using five resistors of equal value in series-parallel combinations? Enumerate them.
- Explain why an inductor needs an initial condition specification whereas a resistor does not. ...