I have stumbled upon a given question I really have a hard time to solve. Basically I need to find an equivalent resistance in some form of "ladder" configuration. Where the chain is an infinite sequence of resistors.
I have really no good idea how to find this equivalent resistance. Trying the old fashioned rule of parallel and resistors in series I came to a very messy formula: R+11R+1R+11R+....
I know however that the solution should be much more simple.
Now I tried using Kirchhoff's loop rule. Which states that the power difference in a closed loop must be 0. Naming the "potential currents" between AB I1, between BC (through the single resistance) I2 and the current "from B to the right" I3 Considering the loop containing BC & the rest of the structure this rewrites to: I1=I2+I3
The problem is, 2 variables, 2 functions doesn't really bring me closer to an answer :(. What am I missing?
Answer
HINT:
Notice that Req=R+11R+1Req
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