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Current and resistance

What is electric current  and resistance.of current.and what are its units.

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Flow of any anything in a particular direction is called current

Flow of electrons or charge in a conductor is called electric current.The opposition offerd to the current to flow in conductor is called resistance.the unit of current is ampere and resistance is ohm.the symbol of current is i and resistance is ohm.


The opposition to the flow of current is called resistance.

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