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Physics Worksheet - Series and Parallel Circuits

This worksheet is designed to assess your understanding of series and parallel circuits.

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Four 140-ohm lightbulbs are connected in series. What is the total resistance of the circuit? What is their resistance if they are connected in parallel????
Three 40-ohm lightbulbs and three 80-ohm lightbulbs are connected in series. (a) What is the total resistance of the circuit? (b) What is their resistance if all six were wired in parallel????
Given only one 30-ohm and one 50-ohm resistor, list all possible values of resistance that can be obtained.???
Suppose that you have a 500-ohm, a 900-ohm, and a 1.40-kiloohm resistor. What is (a) the maximum, and (b) the minimum resistance that you can obtain by combining these????
Three 240-ohm resistors can be connected together in four different ways, making combinations of series and/or parallel circuits. What are these four ways and what is the net resistance in each case????
Eight lights are connected in series across a 110-V line. (a) What is the voltage across each bulb? (b) If the current is 0.40 A, what is the resistance of each bulb and the power dissipated in each????
Eight 7.0-W Christmas tree lights are connected in series to each other and to a 110-V source. What is the resistance of each bulb????
A 75-W, 110-V bulb is connected in parallel with a 40-W, 110-V bulb. What is the net resistance????


Algebra I and Geometry Teacher
Patrick Henry High School
Ashland, VA

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