Question for Swapnil-2

1000 resistors each of resistance 100 ohms are connected in parallel. Find the equivalent resistance.


The answer is 0.1.

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Ashish Menon
Apr 11, 2016

Relevant wiki: Series and parallel resistors

The equivalent resistance for parellel circulits is given by the formula :- ( 1 R 1 + 1 R 2 ) 1 {(\dfrac{1}{R_1} + \dfrac{1}{R_2})}^{-1} .
So, in this case, the equivalent resistance is ( 1 100 + 1 100 ( 1000 times ) ) 1 {(\dfrac{1}{100} + \dfrac{1}{100} \cdots (\text{1000 times}))}^{-1}
= ( 1000 100 ) 1 {(\dfrac{1000}{100})}^{-1}
= 0.1 \boxed{0.1} .


Angela Fajardo
Jul 17, 2016

The equivalent resistance or total resistance of the circuit can be found using the formula:

R T = 1 1 R 1 + 1 R 2 + 1 R 3 + . . . + 1 R n \Large{{ R }_{ T }=\frac { 1 }{ \frac { 1 }{ { R }_{ 1 } } +\frac { 1 }{ { R }_{ 2 } } +\frac { 1 }{ { R }_{ 3 } } +...+\frac { 1 }{ { R }_{ n } } } }

Since there are 1000 Resistors each with 100 Ω 100\Omega :

R T = 1 1 100 + 1 100 + . . . ( 1000 times ) \Large{{ R }_{ T }=\frac { 1 }{ \frac { 1 }{ 100 } +\frac { 1 }{ 100 } +... (1000\text{ times}) } \\ \\ \\ }

R T = 1 1000 100 \Large{{ R }_{ T }=\frac { 1 }{ \frac { 1000 }{ 100 } } }

R T = 1 10 = 0.1 Ω \Large{{ R }_{ T }=\frac { 1 }{ 10 } =\boxed { 0.1\Omega } \\ }

Perfect (+1)

Ashish Menon - 4 years, 11 months ago

can u explain the title ? y it's for swapnil ?

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