Engineering Board Exam Reviewer · Branch, Loop and Node Analyses · easy

A single loop contains a 12 V source and three resistors. Two of the resistors drop 3 V and 5 V. What is the voltage drop across the third?

  1. 20 V
  2. 4 V
  3. 8 V
  4. 15 V

Answer

B. 4 V

Solution

KVL: the drops sum to the source voltage. 12=3+5+V3 V3=4 V.

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