Analysis of Series-Parallel Circuits
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Combining
R
2
and
R
3
in parallel
–
Circuit reduces to a series circuit
–
Use Voltage Divider Rule to determine
V
ab
and
V
bc
.
–
Note that
V
bc
=
V
2
is the voltage across R
2
and R
3
–
Calculate all currents from Ohm’s Law.