Introductory Circuit Analysis (13th Edition)
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Author: Robert L. Boylestad
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 32P
If the wiper arm of a linear potentiometer is one-fourth the way around the contact surface, what is the resistance between the wiper arm and each terminal if the total resistance is
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