In a ventilation network, three airways with resistances of 4.0 Ns\( ^2 \)m\( ^{-8} \), 6.25 Ns\( ^2 \)m\( ^{-8} \) and 9.0 Ns\( ^2 \)m\( ^{-8} \) are connected in parallel.
The equivalent resistance of the network in Ns\( ^2 \)m\( ^{-8} \) is _________ (rounded off to 2 decimal places)}