Problem 53770. Total resistance of resistors in parallel

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What is the total resistance of a number of resistors in parallel?

A vector R contains the resistances (in Ohm) of n resistors, which are connected in parallel:

Your function should take the vector R as its input and return the total resistance (in Ohm) of the parallel resistors.

Hint: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistor#Series_and_parallel_resistors

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