A wire of resistance R is divided in 10 equal parts. These parts are connected in parallel, the equivalent resistance of such connection will be

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(a) Each part will have a resistance $r = R/10$
Let equivalent resistance be $r_{R},$ then
$\frac{1}{r_{R}} = \frac{1}{r} + \frac{1}{r} + \frac{1}{r}\ldots\ldots.$ 10 times
$	herefore\frac{1}{r_{R}} = \frac{10}{r} = \frac{10}{R/10} = \frac{100}{R} \Rightarrow r_{R} = \frac{R}{100} = 0.01R$

Q. A wire of resistance R is divided in 10 equal parts. These parts are connected in parallel, the equivalent resistance of such connection will be

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