The reading of the ammeter $(A)$ in steady state in the following circuit (assuming negligible inter

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The reading of the ammeter $(A)$ in steady state in the following circuit (assuming negligible internal resistance of the ammeter) is $\_\_\_\_$ A.

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In a DC circuit at steady state, an inductor behaves perfectly as a short circuit (zero resistance), and a capacitor behaves as an open circuit (infinite resistance) effectively blocking any branch it resides on. By replacing the inductors with plain wires and removing the branches containing capacitors, we evaluate the equivalent resistance of the remaining purely resistive circuit. Applying Ohm's law ($I = V/R_{eq}$) with the provided DC voltage yields the steady-state current passing through the ammeter, which equals 1 A.