When an additional resistor is connected across an existing parallel circuit, the total resistance: A. remains the same B. decreases by the value of the added resistor C. increases by the value of the added resistor D. decreases

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When an additional resistor is connected across an existing parallel circuit, the total resistance: decreases

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