In parallel connections $\begin{aligned}
& \frac{1}{r_{\mathrm{eq}}}=\frac{1}{r_1}+\frac{1}{r_2} \
& \frac{E_{\mathrm{eq}}}{r_{\mathrm{eq}}}=\frac{E_1}{r_1}+\frac{E_2}{r_2}
\end{aligned}IfE_1=E_2andr_1=r_2, E_{\text {eq }}=E_1=E_2\thereforeStatement1isfalse.r_{\text {eq }}islessthenbothr_1andr_2\therefore$ Statement II is true