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Kirchoff’s Rules Practice Problems
AP Physics
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1. What are Kirchoff’s rules for understanding what happens in a circuit?
2. Explain why Kirchoff’s junction rule must be true if the Law of Conservation of Charge (that no charge may
be created or destroyed) is true.
3. Explain why Kirchoff’s loop rule must be true if the Law of Conservation of Energy is true?
4. a) Apply Kirchoff’s Rules to the following circuit to find a set of equations that describe how charges
behave inside the circuit:
b) Solve the equations to find the current through each resistor in the circuit
5. a) Apply Kirchoff’s Rules to the following circuit to find a set of equations that describe how charges
behave inside the circuit:
b) Solve the equations to find the current through each resistor in the circuit
6. a) Apply Kirchoff’s Rules to the following circuit to find a set of equations that describe how charges
behave inside the circuit:
:
b) Solve the equations to find the current through each resistor in the circuit
7. a) Apply Kirchoff’s Rules to the following circuit to find a set of equations that describe how charges
behave inside the circuit:
:
b) Solve the equations to find the current through each resistor in the circuit