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Answer 1 · 2014-05-28T23:06:45

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. ( $I_{T} = I_{1} + I_{2} + ...$ $I_T = I_1 + I_2 + ...$ ).

Each resistor slows only a portion of the current.

$\frac{1}{R_{T}} = \frac{1}{R_{1}} + \frac{1}{R_{2}} + ...$ $1 / R_T = 1 / R_1 + 1 / R_2 + ...$

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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