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Posted by teresa on Monday, July 5, 2010 at 7:22pm.

There are three sources of resistance in a parallel circuit. Two of them are rated at 20 ohms, the other at 10 ohms. What is the circuits total resistance?

science - Damon, Monday, July 5, 2010 at 7:52pm
I assume all three are in parallel
first combine the two 20 ohms
1/R = 1/20 + 1/20 = 1/10
Req = 10
now combine that 10 with the other 10
1/R = 1/10+1/10 = 2/10 = 1/5
so R = 5 Ohms in the end

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