17 May, 2010

Resistor Network


first thing to do is to solve the R3 R4 and R5 by adding them and then redraw it and you will get the value and which is parallel to R2, and then solve those 2 resistors in parallel, after you the value of that redraw it again and you'll get a series circuit and add them all that your total resistance, you can now start solving for the total current and start getting the voltage drop of each resistors in your last series circuit drawing. after you get the total current, go to your second drawing and solve the current drop of 2 resistors in parallel circuit because the current the in parallel will split.