Figure shows three resistor configurations $R_1,R_2$ and $R_3$ connected to $3\,V$ battery. If the power dissipated by the configuration $R_1, R_2$ and $R_3$ is $P_1, P_2$ and $P_3$ , respectively then
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$\mathrm{R}_{1}=1\, \Omega$

$\mathrm{R}_{2}=\frac{1}{2}\, \Omega \quad \mathrm{P} \propto \frac{1}{\mathrm{R}}$

$\mathrm{R}_{3}=2\, \Omega$

$P_{2}>P_{1}>P_{3}$

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