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Calculating Total Resistance in Circuits Practice Problems

The document provides 20 practice problems for calculating total resistance in various resistor circuits. The circuits involve resistors connected in series, parallel, or a combination of both. For each problem, the individual resistor values are given and the student is asked to calculate the total resistance.

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Calculating Total Resistance in Circuits Practice Problems

The document provides 20 practice problems for calculating total resistance in various resistor circuits. The circuits involve resistors connected in series, parallel, or a combination of both. For each problem, the individual resistor values are given and the student is asked to calculate the total resistance.

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Calculating Total Resistance in Circuits Practice Problems

Note: To calculate the total resistance in these problems, you may need to use both series and
parallel circuit formulas, and sometimes you may need to use a combination of the two.

1. Three resistors are connected in series with values of 10 ohms, 20 ohms, and 30 ohms.
What is the total resistance?

2. Two resistors are connected in parallel with values of 10 ohms and 20 ohms. What is the
total resistance?

3. Four resistors are connected in series with values of 5 ohms, 10 ohms, 15 ohms, and 20
ohms. What is the total resistance?

4. Three resistors are connected in parallel with values of 10 ohms, 20 ohms, and 30 ohms.
What is the total resistance?

5. Two resistors are connected in series with values of 10 ohms and 20 ohms. What is the
total resistance?

6. Five resistors are connected in parallel with values of 1 ohm, 2 ohms, 3 ohms, 4 ohms,
and 5 ohms. What is the total resistance?

7. Four resistors are connected in series with values of 2 ohms, 4 ohms, 6 ohms, and 8
ohms. What is the total resistance?

8. Two resistors are connected in parallel with values of 5 ohms and 10 ohms. They are
then connected in series with a resistor of 15 ohms. What is the total resistance of the
circuit?

9. Three resistors are connected in parallel with values of 10 ohms, 20 ohms, and 30 ohms.
They are then connected in series with a resistor of 15 ohms. What is the total resistance
of the circuit?

10. Two resistors are connected in series with values of 10 ohms and 20 ohms. They are
then connected in parallel with a resistor of 30 ohms. What is the total resistance of the
circuit?

11. Five resistors are connected in series with values of 1 ohm, 2 ohms, 3 ohms, 4 ohms,
and 5 ohms. They are then connected in parallel with a resistor of 10 ohms. What is the
total resistance of the circuit?

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12. Two resistors are connected in parallel with values of 10 ohms and 20 ohms. They are
then connected in parallel with a resistor of 30 ohms. What is the total resistance of the
circuit?

13. Three resistors are connected in parallel with values of 5 ohms, 10 ohms, and 15 ohms.
They are then connected in parallel with a resistor of 20 ohms. What is the total
resistance of the circuit?

14. Four resistors are connected in series with values of 5 ohms, 10 ohms, 15 ohms, and 20
ohms. They are then connected in parallel with a resistor of 30 ohms. What is the total
resistance of the circuit?

15. Three resistors are connected in series with values of 2 ohms, 4 ohms, and 6 ohms.
They are then connected in parallel with a resistor of 8 ohms. What is the total resistance
of the circuit?

16. Two resistors are connected in parallel with values of 5 ohms and 10 ohms. They are
then connected in series with a resistor of 20 ohms. What is the total resistance of the
circuit?

17. ​Five resistors are connected in parallel with values of 1 ohm, 2 ohms, 3 ohms, 4 ohms,
and 5 ohms. They are then connected in series with a resistor of 15 ohms. What is the
total resistance of the circuit?

18. Three resistors are connected in parallel with values of 10 ohms, 20 ohms, and 30 ohms.
They are then connected in series with a resistor of 40 ohms. What is the total resistance
of the circuit?

19. Two resistors are connected in series with values of 5 ohms and 10 ohms. They are then
connected in series with another resistor of 15 ohms. What is the total resistance of the
circuit?

20. Four resistors are connected in parallel with values of 2 ohms, 4 ohms, 6 ohms, and 8
ohms. They are then connected in series with another resistor of 10 ohms. What is the
total resistance of the circuit?

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