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Two wires of the same material and equal length are joined in parallel combination.  If one of them has half the thickness of the other and the thinner wire has a resistance of 8 ohms, the resistance of the combination is equal to

(a)  

(b)  

(c)  

(d)  

Answer

(b)  

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