Principles Of Electric Circuits
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ISBN: 9780134879482
Author: Floyd, Thomas L.
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 3, Problem 41P
Assume you have a 32-light string and one of the bulbs is burned out. Using the half-splitting approach and starting in the left half of the circuit, how many resistance measurements will it take to find the faulty bulb if it is seventeenth from the left?
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Principles Of Electric Circuits
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