resistors

Resistor Shapes

By Harish Appana Satya on August 1, 2012

In this problem set, voltages and currents in resistor nets shaped like the platonic solids are deduced using knowledge about parallel and series circuits.

Posted in sec_phy_ckt | Tagged circuits, current, DC circuits, electricity, parallel circuits, physics 11-12, resistance, resistors, series circuits, voltage

Multiple Battery Circuit

By Harish Appana Satya on August 1, 2012

A guided explanation of potential differences and how they can be used in solving a series of increasingly convoluted electrical circuits.

Posted in sec_phy_ckt | Tagged current, DC circuits, electricity, kirchhoff's law, ohm's law, physical science 8-10, physics 11-12, resistance, resistors, voltage

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