College Physics
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Chapter 21, Problem 13PE
Unreasonable Results
Two resistors, one having a resistance of 900 kΩ, are connected in series to produce a total resistance of 0.500 ?O. (a) What is the value of the second resistance? (b) What is unreasonable about this result? (c) Which assumptions are unreasonable or inconsistent?
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