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A resistor has color bands yellow, violet, brown, gold. What is its resistance?

  1. 47, 5%
  2. 470, 5%
  3. 4.7 k 5%
  4. 4,700 k 5%

Answer

B. 470, 5%

Solution

Yellow =4, violet =7, brown =×101. So 47×10=470, , gold = 5%.

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