Objectives
After successful completion of this chapter, you will be able to:
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Identify the conditions for current to flow through circuit components.
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Relate current to the flow of electric charge per unit time.
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Draw and label basic and advanced circuit diagrams.
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Treat batteries as sources of constant voltage rather than constant current.
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Determine the amount of current flowing through a circuit with one or more resistors and a single battery, both quantitatively and qualitatively.
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Determine the amount of current flowing through a circuit with one or more resistors and more than one battery, both quantitatively and qualitatively.
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Determine the equivalent resistance of a circuit.
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Determine the power and/or energy used by a resistor.
