If a current of #4 A# passing through a circuit generates #28 W# of power, what is the resistance of the circuit?

1 Answer
Mar 14, 2016

I found: #1.75Omega#

Explanation:

The general expression for power is:
#P=Vi#
where the power #P# represents the energy generated each second, #V# is the potential difference in Volts and #i# is the current.
We can use Ohm's Law here to "extract" the resistance and write: #V=Ri#
into the expression for power:
#P=Ri*i=Ri^2#
so that:
#R=P/i^2=28/16=1.75Omega#