How many times will be the equivalent resistance of two identical resistors be increased if the parallel arrangement is changed to a series arrangement?
The effective resistance in parallel combination is 
That of series combination is Rs = 2R. Thus, we get Rs = 4Rp, i.e., equivalent resistance increases four times.
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