Electronics Fundamentals: Circuits, Devices & Applications
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Author: Thomas L. Floyd, David Buchla
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Chapter 4, Problem 48P
Using the standard resistor values given in Appendix A, design a voltage divider to provide the following approximate voltages with respect to the negative terminal of a
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