Power dissipation in circuit · PhysicsBowl 2019 #36
Physics · electromagnetism
Problem
[Figure: Circuit 2 with battery (3.0 V) and resistors R₁, R₂, R₃, R₄, R₅]
The battery is assumed ideal with an emf of 3.0 V. The resistor that dissipates the most power is:
(A) R₁
(B) R₂
(C) R₃
(D) R₄
(E) R₅