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प्रश्न
Show with the help of diagrams, how you would connect three resistors each of resistance 6 Ω, so that the combination has resistance of (i) 9 Ω (ii) 4 Ω.
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उत्तर
To obtain 9 Ω and 4 Ω , we should connect the resistors as follows:

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