The field of electronics makes use of different electrical components.

One such component is the

resistor.

When connecting resistors in a circuit, they can be connected in series or in parallel.

To compute the total resistance of resistors connected in series and in parallel, the following
computations are used:
1. SERIES CONNECTION
𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 = 𝑹𝟏 + 𝑹𝟐 + ⋯ + 𝑹𝑵
2. PARALLEL CONNECTION
𝟏
𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 =
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
+ + ⋯+
𝑹𝟏 𝑹𝟐 𝑹𝑵
For instance, if we have four resistors with the following ratings (measured in ):
2.34, 4.23, 6.72, 5.56

Connecting them in SERIES yields a total resistance (measured in ) of …

𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 = 𝟐. 𝟑𝟒 + 𝟒. 𝟐𝟑 + 𝟔. 𝟕𝟐 + 𝟓. 𝟓𝟔 = 𝟏𝟖. 𝟖𝟓

On the other hand, connecting them in PARALLEL yields a total resistance (measured in ) of …
𝟏
𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 = = 𝟏. 𝟎𝟎𝟕𝟔𝟑𝟓𝟏𝟔𝟖
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
+ + +
𝟐. 𝟑𝟒 𝟒. 𝟐𝟑 𝟔. 𝟕𝟐 𝟓. 𝟓𝟔

Similarly, given these four resistors with the following ratings (measured in ):

3.34, 2.23, 7.20, 6.82

The total resistance of these resistors when connected in SERIES or PARALLEL configuration would yield
19.59 and 0.967728063 respectively.