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Why do resistors placed in parallel allow a total current that is the sum of the currents that would occur for the individual resistors placed one by one in the same circuit? Explain in terms of Ohm's Law
Ans..Ohm's Law
necessarily means that current produced in a resistor depends only
on Potential across it and its own resistance value. And also that
current value across resistance does not change if potential
difference across it doesn't change due to presence of any other
element in the resistor since it current depends on potential
difference only.
In case 1, potential across A-B is
. And resistance with value
is put between them . Lets say current was found to
be
.
In case 2, potential across A-B is
. And resistance with value
is put between them . Lets say current was found to be
.
In case 3, potential difference between A-B is
. Which implies potential difference across both
and
is
. So,current is not affected if other resistance are joined in
parallel without altering potential difference.