When a zener diode is used as a regulato...

When a zener diode is used as a regulator with zener voltage of 10 V, nearly five times the load current passes through the zener diode. What should be the series resistance for the zener diode. If load resistance is `2 k Omega` and the unregulated voltage supplied is 16 V.

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