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According to Ohm's law of resistance in parallel, 1/RT=1/R1+1/R2+1/R3... so 1/RT=1/12+1/4=1/12+3/12=4/12=1/3 and 1/(1/3)=3.

The total resistance of the two devices is 3.

There is a simpler special case formula for two resistances in parallel:

* RTot = (R1R2) / (R1 + R2) In this case this it would give us (12 x 4) / (12 + 4), or 48 / 16 which equals 3 ohms.
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