I could not have put it better myself. Good reply thingmaker3.Emitter current is 1.4V / 420\(\Omega\) = about 2.9mA.
Thus the transistor effective resistance (emitter to collector) is more than (12V / 2.9mA) - 420\(\Omega\) = 3718\(\Omega\)
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