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Exercise 3: Kirchoff's Voltage Law: Create The Following Circuit On Your Breadboard

Kirchoff's Voltage Law states that the sum of the voltage drops around any closed circuit must be equal to the total voltage applied. For the circuit described, students are asked to: 1) measure the applied voltage and voltage drop across each resistor, 2) verify that the sum of voltage drops equals the applied voltage, and 3) verify that the voltage across each resistor is proportional to its resistance. Students then check the resistor ratings and measure the current.

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Exercise 3: Kirchoff's Voltage Law: Create The Following Circuit On Your Breadboard

Kirchoff's Voltage Law states that the sum of the voltage drops around any closed circuit must be equal to the total voltage applied. For the circuit described, students are asked to: 1) measure the applied voltage and voltage drop across each resistor, 2) verify that the sum of voltage drops equals the applied voltage, and 3) verify that the voltage across each resistor is proportional to its resistance. Students then check the resistor ratings and measure the current.

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Exercise 3: Kirchoffs Voltage Law

Kirchoffs Voltage Law is a simple statement of potential: traveling around a circuit and
returning to the same point, through any path, must bring you back to the same potential.
In our simple circuits, this means that the sum of the voltage drops across each load is
eual to the voltage applied to the circuit.
Create the following circuit on your breadboard:
Questions:
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0/12: 1he equivalent resistance in series will always be greater than any of the
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