Electronics: Resistors in parallel

Concerning calculating the resistance of the parallel combination of resistors:

\frac{1}{R} = \frac{1}{R _{1}} + \frac{1}{R _{2}}

Calculate the R, if R₁ = 17Ω a R₂ = 20Ω

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