Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Chapter 25, Problem 36P
In Fig. 25.28, all resistors have the same value, R. What will be the resistance measured (a) between A and B or (b) between A and C?
FIGURE 25.28 Problems 36 and 37
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