Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 21 - Electric Current and Direct-Current Circuits - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 756: 39

Answer

6 resistors

Work Step by Step

We know that the equivalent resistance for n resistors in parallel is given as $\frac{1}{R_{eq}}=\frac{1}{R_1}+\frac{1}{R_2}+....... n times $ This can be written in compact form as $\frac{1}{R_{eq}}=\frac{n}{R}$ $\implies n=\frac{R}{R_{eq}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $ n=\frac{65}{11}$ $ n=5.909$ $\implies n=6$
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