Question

You are testing a new GPS system for general aviation aircraft and have encountered some unexplained heating. Modeling the circuit as three resistors in series, R1 (2Ω ) is known while R2 and R3 are not. We measure voltage drops of V1= 1 V, V2 = 50 V, and V3 = 100 V respectively across the three resistors. Determine the resistance of the unknown resistors. In addition to the above calculations, explain to a member of upper management why anomalous heating in this circuit is related to determining these values and hence may be beneficial to the future design operations.

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