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Are these in parallel?

Mohammad Al-Hiyali

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Is R2 and R3 in parallel ?
The rule is that components are in-parallel, if both their terminals are connected.
If I took the voltage source out, then they surely are. But how about this case? If there is another general rule when circuits contain voltage/current sources.

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The exception you suggest does not exist.

So, are they in parallel or not?
 

BobK

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Parallel components will always have the same voltage across them. Is that the case here?

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Cannonball

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No, they are in series .Trace the current flow from one terminal of the battery to the other terminal and you will see that the resistors are in series.
 
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