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What is the current flowing through the given circuit? A given diode is an ideal diode.

Asked in GUJCET 2025 · Circuits with diodes

Figure: Circuits with diodes
Answer: (4) 10 mA

Step-by-step solution

Given: the left terminal is held at +6 V and the right terminal at +5 V, with an ideal diode and a 100 Ω resistor in series between them.

Idea: settle the bias before doing any arithmetic. The triangle (anode) faces the +6 V end and the bar (cathode) faces the +5 V end, and 6 V is the higher potential, so the diode is forward biased and conducts.

An ideal diode has zero forward resistance, so it drops no voltage and the whole difference appears across the resistor.

V_R = 6 - 5 = 1 V

I = (V_R)/R = 1/(100) = 0.01 A = 10 mA

Why the other options are wrong

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