Question

Which resistor dissipates the most power, the one with the greatest resistance or the one with the least resistance? explain why this should be?

Answer 1

The power dissipated by a resistor is equal to
$P=R I^2$
where R is the value of the resistance and I is the current flowing through the resistor. From the formula, we can see that the larger R, the larger the dissipated power, so the greatest resistance dissipates more power.