A piece of conducting wire of resistance R is cut into 2n equal parts. Half the parts are connected in series to form a bundle and remaining half in parallel to form another bundle. These bundles are then connected to give the maximum resistance. The maximum resistance of the combination is
Resistance of each part =
For ' n ' such part connected in series, equivalent resistances, say
Similarly, equivalent resistance, say , for another set of n identical, respectively, in parallel resistances would be
For getting maximum of and
, the resistances should be connected in series and hence,