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Formula for 2 parallel resistors R1
and R2
:
R_{total} = \frac{1}{\frac{1}{R_1} + \frac{1}{R_2}}Python code:
rtotal = 1. / (1./r1 + 1./r2)
Formula for 3 parallel resistors R1
and R2
:
R_{total} = \frac{1}{\frac{1}{R_1} + \frac{1}{R_2} + \frac{1}{R_3}}Python code:
rtotal = 1. / (1./r1 + 1./r2 + 1./r3)
Formula for 4 parallel resistors R1
and R2
:
R_{total} = \frac{1}{\frac{1}{R_1} + \frac{1}{R_2} + \frac{1}{R_3} + \frac{1}{R_4}}Python code:
rtotal = 1. / (1./r1 + 1./r2 + 1./r3 + 1./r4)