A television repairman needs a 100-ohm resistor to repair a malfunctioning set. He is temporarily out of resistors of this value. All he has in his toolbox is a 500-ohm resistor and two 250-ohm resistors. How can the desired resistance be obtained from the resistors in hand?

A television repairman needs a 100-ohm resistor to repair a malfunctioning set. He is temporarily out of resistors of this value. All he has in his toolbox is a 500-ohm resistor and two 250-ohm resistors. How can the desired resistance be obtained from the resistors in hand?

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A television repairman needs a 100-ohm resistor to repair a malfunctioning set. He is
temporarily out of resistors of this value. All he has in his toolbox is a 500-ohm resistor
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resistors in hand?

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