Blue-Orange-Brown, what resistance is produced?

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Blue-Orange-Brown, what resistance is produced?

Explanation:
Reading resistor color codes, the first two bands give the significant digits and the third band is the multiplier. Blue is 6 and Orange is 3, so the digits are 63. The Brown band as the multiplier equals 10^1, so multiply 63 by 10. That yields 630 ohms (630 Ω). The other values would require different multipliers (for example, a multiplier of 1 would give 63 Ω, a multiplier of 0.1 would give 6.3 Ω, and a multiplier of 100 would give 6300 Ω), which don’t match the third band shown.

Reading resistor color codes, the first two bands give the significant digits and the third band is the multiplier. Blue is 6 and Orange is 3, so the digits are 63. The Brown band as the multiplier equals 10^1, so multiply 63 by 10. That yields 630 ohms (630 Ω). The other values would require different multipliers (for example, a multiplier of 1 would give 63 Ω, a multiplier of 0.1 would give 6.3 Ω, and a multiplier of 100 would give 6300 Ω), which don’t match the third band shown.

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