ELECTRICITY FOR TRADES (LOOSELEAF)
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Chapter 8.1, Problem 12RQ
If the wiper arm of a linear potentiometer is one-quarter of the way around the contact surface, what is the resistance between the wiper arm and each terminal if the total resistance is 25 kΩ?
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