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Consider the figure below.  The resistivity of the material of the half ring is ρ. 

  1. a) Is this a series or parallel connection between the ends of the half ring?
  2. b) Find the resistance between the ends of the half ring.

 

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  • The half ring is made of number of resistors arranged in parallel.
  • The value of resistance of each half ring increases continuously from inner radius to outer radius.
  • we have resistivity,

                                             ρ = R lA

                                         where R is the resistance

                                                      l is the length and A is the area.

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