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    The document discusses an analogy between water flowing through pipes and Ohm's Law in electrical circuits. It explains that if pump pressure (voltage) increases with resistance held constant, flow rate (current) must also increase. It also states that if pressure is held constant and resistance increases, flow rate must decrease. And if flow rate is held steady while resistance decreases, required pressure will decrease as well. In closing, it reviews the three cases of the analogy: 1) with resistance steady, current follows voltage, 2) with voltage steady, current and resistance are opposite, and 3) with current steady, voltage follows resistance.

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    The document discusses an analogy between water flowing through pipes and Ohm's Law in electrical circuits. It explains that if pump pressure (voltage) increases with resistance held constant, flow rate (current) must also increase. It also states that if pressure is held constant and resistance increases, flow rate must decrease. And if flow rate is held steady while resistance decreases, required pressure will decrease as well. In closing, it reviews the three cases of the analogy: 1) with resistance steady, current follows voltage, 2) with voltage steady, current and resistance are opposite, and 3) with current steady, voltage follows resistance.

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    Ohms Law also makes intuitive sense if you apply it to the w ate r-and-pipe analogy. If we have a water pump that exerts pressure (voltage) to push water around a circuit (current) through a restriction (resistance resistance), we can model how the three variables interrelate. If the resistance to water flow stays the same and the pump pressure increases, the flow rate must also increase. Pressure = Increase Flow rate = Increase Resistance = Same Voltage = Increase Current = Increase Resistance = Same

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    If the pressure stays the same and the resistance increases (making it more difficult for the water to flow), then the flow rate must decrease: Pressure = Same Flow rate = Decrease Resistance = Increase Voltage = Same Current = Decrease Resistance = Increase

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    If the flow rate were to stay the same while the resistance to flow decreased, the required pressure from the pump would necessarily decrease: Pressure = Decrease Flow rate = Same Resistance = Decrease Voltage = Decrease Current = Same Resistance = Decrease

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    1. With resistance steady, current follows voltage (an increase in voltage means an increase in current, and vice versa). 2. With voltage steady, changes in current and resistance are opposite (an increase in current means a decrease in resistance, and vice versa). 3. With current steady, voltage follows resistance (an increase in resistance means an increase in voltage). Re source : Lessons in electric circuits , Volume I DC

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