Current Electricity

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A wire of uniform resistance λΩ/m\lambda \Omega / \mathrm{m} is bent into a circle of radius rr and another piece of wire with length 2r2 r is connected between points AA and B(AOB)B(A O B) as shown in figure. The equivalent resistance between points AA and BB is ____\_\_\_\_ Ω\Omega.

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Answer: (B) 6πλr3π+16\frac{6 \pi \lambda r}{3 \pi+16}

The wire bent into a circle of radius rr has resistance λ⋅πr\lambda \cdot \pi r for the semicircular arcs, and the straight wire of length 2r2r has resistance λ⋅2r\lambda \cdot 2r. The three paths between A and B (two semicircular arcs of the circle and one straight wire through center) are in parallel.

1RAB=2λπr+1λ⋅2r+2λ⋅3πr\frac{1}{R_{AB}} = \frac{2}{\lambda \pi r} + \frac{1}{\lambda \cdot 2r} + \frac{2}{\lambda \cdot 3\pi r}

=1λr[2π+12+23π]= \frac{1}{\lambda r} \left[\frac{2}{\pi} + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{2}{3\pi}\right]

=1λr(12+3π+46π)=1λr⋅16+3π6π= \frac{1}{\lambda r} \left(\frac{12 + 3\pi + 4}{6\pi}\right) = \frac{1}{\lambda r} \cdot \frac{16 + 3\pi}{6\pi}

RAB=λr(6π16+3π)=6πλr3π+16R_{AB} = \lambda r \left(\frac{6\pi}{16 + 3\pi}\right) = \frac{6\pi \lambda r}{3\pi + 16}

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