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How do you calculate the total current of a parallel circuit of resistors?
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How do you calculate the total current of a parallel circuit of resistors?

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In a parallel circuit of resistors the total current of the circuit is the sum of the current in each branch. Which means that:


I_T=I_1+I_2+\cdot\cdot\cdot+I_n

where n is the number of branches on the circuit.

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