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gneill said:ILS, perhaps you should have specified the particular component (or components, or path) for which you wanted the power dissipation. Technically, ALL of the components are between nodes A and B, as there is are paths that will take you from A to B through all of them.
Very true!
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I intended to ask for the power dissipation in the 4 ohm resistor that is between A and B.
Femme_physics said:
Ah, I see the errors of my ways
I know what to do! *rubs hang together in an evil fashion*
Let me find Ptotal first. Then I shall have the answer, and all the smurfs will be mine!
((PS. Rtotal ends up being 6.33333 ohms ))
This looks *almost* like a Norton equivalent circuit!
I give you the smurfs. All of them are yours, you *evil* you!
Total power and domination!
Btw, the total power is the sum of the powers dissipated in each of the 3 resistors (I get 259 W).
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