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Course: Bridge Course Class 12th Physics > Unit 2

Lesson 2: Resistance in circuits
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Bridge Course Class 12th Physics
Electricity
Resistance in circuits
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Equivalent resistance in mixed circuits

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Problem

An engineer building a Mars rover is tasked with replacing all resistor combinations with equivalent resistors to make the payload lighter. One of the circuits is shown below.
What is the equivalent resistance, R, between A and D?
R=
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12 pi or 2/3 pi
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