Dear Danny,
You are absolutely right that this is a bad question. I apologize for the 
mix up. I have been out of the office for several weeks and I transfer 
the questions from where ever I am to our office. Something got lost in 
my typing of the question. Maybe it was my mind. The correct wording was:
	
	What is the total resistance of three 100 ohm resistors connected 
	in series?

I am sorry for the mixup. There was nothing wrong with the question 
developed by the designers who created the original. Just my bad 
typing. Thanks for your review.

Dieter
   
On Tue, 26 Mar 1996, Danny Gross wrote:
 
> There is not enough information in the question to answer correctly.
> For resistors in series, there values add.  For instance, three 10 ohm
> resistors in series would be 30 ohms.  In the question, the value of the
> three resistors is not given, therefore you cannot possibly know what the
> total resistance is.
> 
> This is a very poorly written question!
>