Safe Power · Physics Brawl 2020 #FoL.6

Physics · electromagnetism

Problem

There are two appliances with resistances R1=500ΩR_1 = 500\Omega and R2=2000ΩR_2 = 2000\Omega respectively, connected in parallel to the terminals of a battery through a fuse with a maximum allowed current Imax=500mAI_{max} = 500mA. What is the maximum power we could get from the circuit? [Figure: Circuit diagram showing voltage source U connected through a fuse with maximum current I_max to two parallel resistors R_1 and R_2]

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