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Physics 13.4.2f - Series and Parallel Examples

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Uploaded by on Sep 27, 2009

Two example problems dealing with resistors in series and parallel. From the Physics course by Derek Owens.

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  • I swear if i Quit school and studied through youtube id learn more...

  • @IPMountainDew YouTube, and also Wikipedia. The world of education is changing.

  • why is the reciprocoal of .30951/ohms 3.23 ????

  • @jtrangers27 Because 1 over .3095 is equal to 3.23. It's just an algebra step, that's all.

    Hope that helps,

    D.O.

  • @derekowens Can we apply the water wheel analogy to capacitors in parallel or series?

  • @noorylee Sort of, but not exactly. Specifically, a water wheel is a device for taking the PE of the water and converting it to motion. This would correspond to an electric motor, which takes the electrical PE of the electrons and turns it into motion. A capacitor, electrically, is a device that stores charge and then releases it. A good mechanical or fluid analogy would be a large tank that could store a lot of water and then release it suddenly, like the tank on a toilet.

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  • BEST TEACHING ON COMBINATION CIRCUITS YET!!!!!!

  • Good job!

  • i dont understand why you treat R1 & R2 as series and then seperately workout out that with R3? Would you not treat all 3 resistors as if they were all in parallel? plz help

  • I swear, I don't get how people on the internet can teach better than professional teachers. And my teacher actually told me to refer to YouTube.

  • uhhhhms

  • Can you come teach my physics class? we would all appreciate you much better than our current teacher

  • 3:12 thats what she said xD

    just kidding thanks..

  • I didnt know that the parrallel serires would make the 7 ohms into 1/7 ohms,thank you

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