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Well, this is a nice question. I will just try to answer it. Note that the combined resistance in parallel will always be less than any of the individual resistances.

In the parallel system, there is a separate independent path from the source to each resistance and back to the source, therefore each has the same voltage drop. This means that the voltage must be the same at each point in the parallel circuits. There are three rules governing simple parallel circuits of resistive elements: 1. Voltage across each resistor is the same as the voltage across the parallel combination.

2. The current flowing through the parallel combination is the sum of the current in the separate branches.

3. Summing resistance of a parallel circuit can be stated as follows: The reciprocal of the total resistance is equal to the sum of the reciprocals of each of the individual resistances. So that you can have more information about series and parallel circuits, just try to visit the website....: http://elpaso.apogee.net/foe/fcsppr.asp

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