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 Parallel Resistors and Current Division
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 •Parallel: Two or more elements are in parallel if they are connected to the same two nodes and consequently have the same voltage across them.
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 •The equivalent resistance of a circuit with             N resistors in parallel is: 
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 •The total current i is shared by the resistors in inverse proportion to their resistances. The current divider can be expressed as:  
 
  
  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
  
  
 
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
 
  
 