parallel circuit

• describe the shape of a parallel circuit

  it has more than one loop
• what does a parallel circuit look like


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• how is the current shared

  through loops
• what does each loop generally contain

  one component (not always)
• why are parallel circuits more useful than series

  because if one component breaks the overall circuit is still intact
• how is the voltage shared around all the circuits

  all the components get their full power source
• what is the equation for the voltage total

  Vtotal = V1 + V2 + V3...
• what equations represnts that the current is shared through all the loops

  Itotal = I1 + I2 + I3...
• what does the way the current flows depend on

  the resistance of individual components in the circuit
• what do loops of greater resistance mean

  it takes a lower share of the current (flow of electrons)
• what does the more components in a parallel circuit mean

  the lower the total resistance is
• what does the more loops added mean in a parallel circuit

  the lower the overall resistance is