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Equivalent Resistance of a System of Resistor

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Resistor that we show in a electric circuit is the resistance of that metal or it is a resistor that we have put in the circuit .

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Dear Student,
The resistances that we draw in a circuit diagram are the resistors attached to the circuit. The wires of the circuit are imagined to be ideal ( Zero resistance).

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