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Year 12 Physics

Electric circuits

Current, potential difference and resistance, Ohm law, resistivity, series and parallel circuits, internal resistance and EMF, potential dividers and conservation of charge and energy.

Electric circuits free practice

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1. A 12 Ω resistor and a 4 Ω resistor in parallel are connected in series with a 5 Ω resistor. What is the total resistance, in ohms?

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