Problem 53765. Total resistance of resistors in series

Created by Mark Posen

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0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 148.567px 7.75px; transform-origin: 148.567px 7.75px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">A vector R contains the resistances (in Ohm) of </span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 3.89167px 7.75px; transform-origin: 3.89167px 7.75px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="font-style: italic; ">n</span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 126.417px 7.75px; transform-origin: 126.417px 7.75px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> resistors, which are connected in series:</span></span></div><div style="block-size: 90.75px; 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style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 29.5583px 7.75px; transform-origin: 29.5583px 7.75px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">Hint: see </span></span><a target='_blank' href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistor#Series_and_parallel_resistors"><span style=""><span style="">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistor#Series_and_parallel_resistors</span></span></a></div></div></div>

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