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The tag applies to electrical resistance and resistors. DO NOT USE THIS TAG for non-electrical resistance.

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Why does increasing resistance decrease the heat produced in an electric circuit?

Agreed it is confusing, but consider two ohmic resistors, where resistor 1 is half of the value of resistor 2. And let us say that the same voltage is applied across both resistors. Now since the cu …
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