PASCO EM-8622 BASIC ELECTRICITY - Manual (Page 22)

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Basic Electricity 012-04367E
Combination
Discussion
On the basis of the data you recorded on the table with Figure 5.1, what is the pattern for how
voltage gets distributed in a series circuit with equal resistances? According to the data you
recorded with Figure 5.4, what is the pattern for how voltage gets distributed in a series
circuit with unequal resistances? Is there any relationship between the size of the resistance
and the size of the resulting voltage?
Utilizing the data from Figure 5.2, what is the pattern for how voltage distributes itself in a
parallel circuit for equal resistances? Based on the data from Figure 5.5, what is the pattern
for how voltage distributes itself in a parallel circuit for unequal resistances? Is there any
relationship between the size of the resistance and the size of the resulting voltage?
Do the voltages in your combination circuits (see Figures 5.3 and 5.6) follow the same rules
as they did in your circuits which were purely series or parallel? If not, state the rules you see
in operation.
R
ABC
=
R
BC
= V
BC
=
➤
➤
➤
➤
➤
➤
- +
R
B
R
A
R
C
V
A
V
BC
V
ABC
R
A
=
V
ABC
=
V
A
=
Figure 5.6