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How do you find the resistance of a parallel circuit with n identical resistors?
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We have n identical resistors, call them R1, R2 etc up to Rn. All have resistance R.
Resistance of the whole circuit
= 1/(1/R1 + 1/R2 + ... + 1/Rn)
= 1/(n*(1/R))
= 1/(n/R)
= R/n
So it's the resistance of one resistor, divided by the number of resistors.
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