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Series Circuits
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Series Circuits
Therefore brightness of
each bulb is the same
Series Circuits
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Circuits
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With their
corresponding
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To form separate and
parallel paths for
current flow
Parallel
Circuits
Parallel
Circuits
Parallel
Circuits
If one bulb is re
moved
Parallel
Circuit
A1
X
3
A1
A2
A2
V1
V2
V
Reading on V = Reading of V1
+ V2
Potential Difference is shared
by the two resistors
Parallel
Circuit
V1
X
V2
Reading on V1 = Reading on
V2
Potential difference is the
same across each resistor
Compare the
Circuits
Series Circuit
Parallel
Circuit
Compare the
Circuits
Series Circuit
Parallel
Circuit
Dimmer bulbs
Brighter bulbs
Determining Effective
Resistance
Series Circuit
I
I1
I2
V1
V2
I3
Parallel
Circuit
R3
V3
R
1
I1
V
Current
Potential
Differenc
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Resistan
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V1
R
2
I2
I
V2
R
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I3
V3