Fundamentals of Electric Circuits
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ISBN: 9780078028229
Author: Charles K Alexander, Matthew Sadiku
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 78CP
In the circuit in Fig. 2.137, the wiper divides the potentiometer resistance between αR and (1 − α)R, 0 ≤ a ≤ 1. Find v0/vs.
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