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From: "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Interview Question (your Sunday ruined part 2)
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 21:30:48 -0400
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"john larkin" <JL@gct.com> wrote in message news:kusahjhmpbnnc6scpk5354cn9qdsifje6r@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:39:32 +0530, Pimpom <Pimpom@invalid.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>>On 20-10-2024 10:48 pm, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>> John Larkin has from time to time posted some elementary questions he
>>> likes to torture his job applicants with. I'd like to propose one of my
>>> own.
>>>
>>> If I'm measuring 218 ohms between points A and B in this diagram, what is
>>> the value of Rx?
>>>
>>> https://disk.yandex.com/i/hxjWx0tDUCzxiA
>>
>>R followed by a number is often used to designate values below 1. So,
>>many interviewees will interpret the schematic as 0.8? in parallel with
>>Rx. No way you can get 218 ? between points A and B - unless you accept
>>a negative resistance, in which case Rx is about -0.80295 ?. :-)
>>
>>Jest havin' fun. Or is that really what you want to mess their heads with?
>
> The first thing a good intervuee should ask is "what the hell does
> R330 mean?"

It means x is either between 1 and 46 or between 48 and 229.
331 or greater is also possible but only allowed if other parts of the circuit have already taken everything below 330.
Next question please.

>