Resistors in parallel

Resistors are said to be connected together in parallel when both of their terminals are respectively connected to each terminal of the other resistor or resistors

Since there are multiple paths for the supply current to flow through, the current may not be the same through all the branches in the parallel network. However, the voltage drop across all of the resistors in a parallel resistive network IS the same. Then, Resistors in Parallel have a Common Voltage across them and this is true for all parallel connected elements.

Then the inverse of the equivalent resistance of two or more resistors connected in parallel is the algebraic sum of the inverses of the individual resistances.

Various Parallel Resistor Networks

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