Why doesn't all the current flow down the path with the weaker resistance instead of dividing and going through both resistors (in a parallel setup with 2 unequal resistors)?
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"Current takes the path of least resistance" is just a phrase people say but it's not totally accurate. When one path through the circuit has 0 resistance (a short), it is true that current follows that path only. It isn't true when you have multiple paths, with nonzero resistance, though. A better way of saying it would be "current flows through all paths in an amount inversely proportional to their resistance." This is basically just a fancy way of stating ohm's law.
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