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Q: If as more resistors are connected in series with the first what happens to the potential difference across each resistor?
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When 2 resistors are connected in parallel r1r2 are?

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You are just asking that let us assume you have connected 2 or 3 resistors in a circuit and the current flowing through the circuit and from all the resistors will be same but how?

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