Physics (10th Edition)

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Chapter 20 - Electric Circuits - Focus On Concepts - Page 572: 10

Answer

(e) $ \frac{I_1 }{I_2 } = \frac{ R_2}{R_1 }$

Work Step by Step

Voltage across both $R_1$ and $R_2$ is $V$ Now, $ I_1 = \frac{V }{ R_1}$ $I_2 = \frac{ V}{R_2 }$ $ \therefore \frac{ I_1}{I_2 } = \frac{V }{R_1 }* \frac{ R_2}{ V}$ $\implies \frac{I_1 }{I_2 } = \frac{ R_2}{R_1 }$
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