Two resistances $R_1 and R_ 2 $have effective resistance $R_s$ when connected in series combination and $R_p$ when connected in parallel combination if $R_s R_p= 16 and R_1/ R_ 2 = 4$ the values of $R_1 and R_ 2$ are
$R_p = { R_1 R_2 \over R_1 + R_2 }$ $Rs = R_1 +R_2 $ $ Use the \, {R_1 \over R_2 } = 4 $