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Question #886c6

Answer 1

When resistors are connected in parallel, they are each on their own path. This means that electricity can run through any one of them at a time without flowing through the others.

The total current of the circuit is the sum of the current flowing through each resistor. (`I_T = I_1 + I_2 + ...`).

Each resistor slows only a portion of the current.

`1 / R_T = 1 / R_1 + 1 / R_2 + ...`

This is different from when resistors are connected in series, where there is only one path for electricity to take through each resistor in order.

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