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Homework Statement
What is the potential difference across each resistor?
I know that I'll have to incorporate the V=iR equation
but I don't know where to start though...
My first attempt was with these:
R1=4 R2=8 R3=5 R4=6 R5=3
24-I1R1-I1R2-I3R3+I4R4+I5R5=0
but this lead me nowhere so I tried this
24-I1R1-I1R2-I2R3+I3R4+I4R5=0
and again, I was stuck so I tried making it into a simple series circuit by combining R1 with R2 and R4 with R5 and got this:
24-(8/3)I23-5I2+2I45=0
and again I was stuck...
How do I find the I-values for the respective resistor? Should I be finding each one or could I combine it, as I did in my last attempt? If I combine it, how would I be able to calculate the potential difference of each of the resistors in the combined pairs (R1/R2 and R4/R5)?