Electronics Fundamentals: Circuits, Devices & Applications
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Author: Thomas L. Floyd, David Buchla
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 4, Problem 4ST
When one of four series resistors is removed from a circuit and the circuit reconnected, the current
- decreases by the amount of current through the removed resistor
- decreases by one-fourth
- quadruples
- increases
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