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Feb 13, 2017

#6/11# Ohms

Explanation:

The total resistance, #R_T#, of a parallel set of #n# resistors is

#1/R_T = Sigma 1/R_n implies R_T = 1/(Sigma 1/R_n)#

Here we can see this as:

#1/R_T = 1/1 + 1/2 + 1/3 = 11/6#

#implies R_T = 6/11 Omega#

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