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Show transcribed image text A voltage follower is an op amp circuit in which the input signal is connected to the non-inverting input and the feedback resistor is zero ohms (see below). The circuit is called a voltage follower because the output voltage "follows", or is equal to, the input voltage. Prove that. Why would one use such a circuit in practice? Consider the following scenario: The input signal is supplied by a transducer that has a Thevenin equivalent circuit in which Vth = 500 mV and Rth = 24 kohm. The output of the op amp is connected to a load resistor of 1 kohm. Compare the voltage across the load with the voltage follower circuit, and without, that is, with the transducer connected directly to the load. After you compare these two voltages, make a concluding statement that answers the question that started this part. Design a circuit that would take the output of the transducer described above as an input, and yield an output voltage of -5 volts. Draw the entire circuit with the transducer.