I need help with a circuits problem. I am going to try to attach a picture of the diagram. I understnad the difference between parallel and series circuits; however, i am completely lost with this problem. You do not have to solve it, i just need to understand where to start.
Start with all the resistors in series - you can just add those together. Total resistance is just the sum of the ones in series \[\Large R _{T} = R _{1} + R _{2} + R _{3}...\]
Add up the ones in red circle, and you can replace them all with one resistor. Do the same with the yellow and replace with one resistor, and the orange.
@mshaw24 Please post this in Physics. This subject is for maths questions only. http://openstudy.com/study#/groups/Physics
Sorry about posting in the wrong subject. I understand what you are saying agent0smith. Thanks for the help
Once you do that, then you can use the parallel resistors formula \[\Large \frac{ 1 }{ R _{T} } = \frac{ 1 }{ R _{1} } + \frac{ 1 }{ R _{2} } +...\]
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