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Kirchhoff's Current Law
Electricity and Magnetism IOP TAP

Episode 113: Preparation for series and parallel...

A joulemeter will be useful when discussing energy and power in electric circuits. It is worth practising with it before using...

Teaching Guidance 16-19

R_tot=R_1+R_2
Electricity and Magnetism Supporting Physics Teaching

Adding a resistor in series... and shifting ener...

This is the kind of question where using physical quantities (numbers and units) offers a direct way to sort out an answer. So...

Teaching Guidance 14-16

Adding Resistors in a Circuit
Electricity and Magnetism IOP TAP

Episode 114: Components in series and parallel

Adding resistors in series increases the effective resistance Adding resistors in parallel decreases the effective resistance

Lesson 16-19

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