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GUJCET · Physics · Current Electricity

You are given n resistors each of resistance r. They are first connected to get the minimum possible resistance. In the second case, they are again connected differently to get the maximum possible resistance. Calculate the ratio between minimum and maximum values of resistance so obtained.

  1. A \(n^2\)
  2. B \(\frac{1}{n^2}\)
  3. C \(\frac{1}{n}\)
  4. D n
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(B) \(\frac{1}{n^2}\)

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(B)
n resistance are connected in parallel to get minimum resistance \(r_{\text {min }}=\frac{r}{n}\) Now they are connected in series to get maximum resistance
\(r_{\text {max }}=n r\)\(\frac{R_{\min }}{R_{\max }}=\frac{r}{n \times n r}=\frac{1}{n^2}\)