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Whatare the advantages of connecting electricaldevices in parallel with the battery instead of connecting them inseries?

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Thereis no division of voltage among the appliances when connected inparallel. The potential difference acrosseach appliance is equal to the supplied voltage.
Thetotal effective resistance of the circuit can be reduced byconnecting electrical appliances inparallel.

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Two resistors of resistance 2

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