12.3. Practice Problems Practice Problem R2 and R5 are series (add) R25 and R3 are parallel: 1/R253 = 1/10 + 1/40 = 4/40 + 1/40 = 5/40 = 1/8 Now it is a series circuit: RT = 8 + 8 + 4 = 20Ω IT = VT/RT = 120/20 = 6 A It’s time to test yourself!