CIRCUIT COMPONENTS
Conductor open switch
Resistor r closed switch
Light bulb voltmeter
A cell ammeter
Variable resistor
Vbattery is 7V
Vknown = 1V + 4V
Vbattery = Vtotal
a Vtotal = Vparallel + Vknown
7V = Vparallel + 5V
Vparallel = 2V
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Lightisn't asbrightbutlastslonger VBattery is 2V
Circuitdoesn'tbreakwhen one lightbulbbreaks VBattery = Vtotal
a Vtotal = V1
SERIES CIRCUIT 2V = V1
Only1Pathforcurrenttoflowthroughallthecomponents
Currentstrengthisthesameat allpoints
voltageisdividedacrossTheresistors it'savoltagedivider ise
Vt Va Va V3 meme
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resistorsarevoltagedividersThey
splitvoltagebetweenthem R
Rt RatRatr yintisre Erent
Ifcurrentincreases lostvoltagesincreases I
Conductor open switch
Resistor r closed switch
Light bulb voltmeter
A cell ammeter
Variable resistor
Vbattery is 7V
Vknown = 1V + 4V
Vbattery = Vtotal
a Vtotal = Vparallel + Vknown
7V = Vparallel + 5V
Vparallel = 2V
w
Lightisn't asbrightbutlastslonger VBattery is 2V
Circuitdoesn'tbreakwhen one lightbulbbreaks VBattery = Vtotal
a Vtotal = V1
SERIES CIRCUIT 2V = V1
Only1Pathforcurrenttoflowthroughallthecomponents
Currentstrengthisthesameat allpoints
voltageisdividedacrossTheresistors it'savoltagedivider ise
Vt Va Va V3 meme
yint
resistorsarevoltagedividersThey
splitvoltagebetweenthem R
Rt RatRatr yintisre Erent
Ifcurrentincreases lostvoltagesincreases I