Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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ISBN: 9781259587399
Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 28, Problem 19SP
Compute the equivalent resistance of (a) 3.0 Ω, 6.0 Ω, and 9.0 Ω in parallel; (b) 3.0 Ω, 4.0 Ω, 7.0 Ω, 10.0 Ω, and 12.0 Ω in parallel; (c) three 33-Ω heating elements in parallel; (d) twenty 100-Ω lamps in parallel.
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Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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