If there are 8 taps that can buck or boost 10% of the source voltage, what percentage does each tap represent?

To determine the percentage that each tap represents, you first need to consider the total voltage adjustment provided by all taps combined. Since there are 8 taps that can each buck or boost the source voltage by 10%, the overall percentage change that these taps can represent when all are used would be 80% (10% from each of the 8 taps).

To find out the percentage represented by each individual tap, you can calculate it by dividing the total percentage change by the number of taps:

80% / 8 taps = 10% per tap.

However, the question specifically asks for the percentage each tap can adjust relative to the source voltage. Given that you have a total adjustment capability of 80% through 8 taps, to find out the adjustment per tap as a fraction of the whole (the full capabilities of adjustments), you recognize that 10% would actually account for the total adjustment when all taps are utilized, not individually.

Consequently, when you consider how the total percentage of adjustment (80%) is distributed evenly across the taps, each tap effectively represents not just its share of the total voltage adjustment, but as a simple fractional expression, this amounts to each tap being responsible for 1.25% of the maximum source