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Which resistor dissipates more power in parallel?

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In a circuit where the resistors are connected in parallel, the voltage across each resistor is the same. The power dissipated is calculated as (voltage^2/resistance). Since the voltage is fixed, smaller resistance results in higher power dissipation.Feb 16, 2017

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