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Electricity - Kirchoff's First Law
Electricity - Kirchoff's First Law
0.25
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In a series circuit the same current ows all the way around. The position of the ammeter is unimportant.
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Kirchoffs rst Law The Fizzics Organisation www.zzics.org
0.48
0.23
Kirchoffs rst law states that the vector sum of the current at any point in a circuit is zero. We use it to analyse the current in branched circuits If the current going into point W is positive and that leaving is negative, then: 0.48 - 0.25 - 0.23 = 0