A)What is the equivalent resistance of this circuit? -I correctly answered this

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A)What is the equivalent resistance of this circuit?

-I correctly answered this question as 327 Ohms.

B)What is the potential difference across each resistor?

-I am having trouble with this question. I calculated itotal as i=V/Rtotal= 48/327= .1468, but then my answers for V1, V2, V3, V4, and V5 have been incorrect. This is what I attempted:

V1=.1468 x 50

V2= .1468 x 191

V3= .1468 x 162

V4= .1468 x 101.125 [I found R4 to equal R1234=101.125 because R1234 are in parallel...Is this wrong??)

V5= .1468x 226

C) What is the current through each resistor? i1, i2, i3, i4, and i5

Thank you for your help with this problem! I can't figure out how to get the potential difference or current through each resistor!

Explanation / Answer

current you have found out is the total current it divides into two parts one through R4 one through (R1,R2,R3) then adds up to give total current in R5 first find out PD across R5 [your ans is right for this part] PD across R4 is [same as PD across combination of R1,R2,R3]= total voltage - PD across R5 from this you can get current in R4 so current in the R1,R2,R3 is =total current - current in R4 you get current in R1,R2,R3 [same current ...connected in series] so you can get potential differences I hope this is clear .. if you still have doubts ..please ask me.. :)

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