JEE Main 2023PhysicsCurrent ElectricityCombination Of ResistancesmediumMCQ

JEE Main 2023Current Electricity Question with Solution

From: JEE Main 2023 (Online) 1st February Evening Shift

Question

Equivalent resistance between the adjacent corners of a regular n-sided polygon of uniform wire of resistance R would be :

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Step-by-step explanation

When, a uniform wire of resistance is shaped into a regular -sided polygon, the resistance of each side will be,



Let and be the resistance between adjacent corners of a regular polygon

The resistance of sides,

Since two parts are parallel, therefore,

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