{"id":43,"date":"2014-10-19T07:03:23","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T07:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/hyndsecphysu2hwrk\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2014-10-19T07:03:23","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T07:03:23","slug":"electricity-energy-exercise-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/hyndsecphysu2hwrk\/electricity-energy-exercise-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Electricity &amp; Energy Exercise 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1.\tCalculate the total resistance between X and Y in these circuits:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/hyndsecphysu2hwrk\/uploads\/sites\/5086\/2014\/10\/ElecEn-1_5a.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/hyndsecphysu2hwrk\/uploads\/sites\/5086\/2014\/10\/ElecEn-1_5a.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"ElecEn 1_5a\" width=\"752\" height=\"451\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44\" 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Calculate the total resistance between X and Y in these circuits: 2. In a science lesson, a student is given three 1.2 k\u03a9 resistors. What is the lowest possible resistance that the student could achieve by combining these resistors in to a circuit? 3. 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