Recent content by bryyo357

I realize this, and clearly you didn't understand what my problem was. My initial initial interpretation of "side by side" was flawed hence why I did not understand the problem--I get that now. That's the whole reason I posted my question. It would be a lot more constructive to simply inform me...

There isn't a difference between how the first two are connected, no. But that's my point is that if you rotate the second picture you get the first one and that can be phrased as side by side (at least with general objects). So are you saying that in electrical circuits "side by side" always...

So then the only problem is semantics. If you view the wires from behind (so that you are looking at their length and the exact point that they are connected) then yes, that does look like "side by side". If you are behind two people walking shoulder-to-shoulder you would say they are side by...

Perhaps I'm not visualizing it correctly? This is how I interpret the set up of the problem which would be series...

Homework Statement A metal wire of resistance R is cut into two pieces of equal length. The two pieces are connected together side by side. What is the resistance of the two connected wires? Homework Equations RSeries = R1 + R2 + ... RParallel = (1/R1 + 1/R2 + ...)-1 The Attempt at a Solution...