Series or parallel wiring?
Exercise and reference answers
- Left
- Series
- Items
- Item
- Resistances add up
- Answer
- Series
- Item
- One shared current
- Answer
- Series
- Item
- Each gets full V
- Answer
- Parallel
- Item
- Voltage divides up
- Answer
- Series
- Item
- Total under lowest
- Answer
- Parallel
- Item
- Reciprocals add
- Answer
- Parallel
- Item
- One path only
- Answer
- Series
- Item
- Devices act alone
- Answer
- Parallel
- Right
- Parallel
- Instructions
- Swipe left if it fits resistors in series, right if it fits resistors in parallel.
Explanation
_Source: OpenStax College Physics, section 21.1 Resistors in Series and Parallel_