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Unreasonable Results

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Two resistors, one having a resistance of 900 kΩ9 \text{00 k}\Omega, are connected in series to produce a total resistance of 0.500 MΩ0 . \text{500 M}\Omega. (a) What is the value of the second resistance? (b) What is unreasonable about this result? (c) Which assumptions are unreasonable or inconsistent?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 21.1 Resistors in Series and Parallel, exercise 31

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