2)Suppose you have two fuses of rating 5 A and 15 A .What will be the rating of the combination if they are connected 1)in series 2) in parallel?

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in series combination, keeping one nearer to the other,the maximum current allowed is 5A.above this current, the fuse will blow.

However in parallel, the rating will be 20 A as it will get divided into 15 A across one and 5A across the other of the fuse.

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