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Lab Prep - DC Circuits 1

This assignment is due before 9 AM, Wednesday, October 3rd, 2001.

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Ms. Robin Chisholm Note: If your lab meets on Wednesdays, you are in Ms. Chisholm's section.
If your lab meets on Thursday, you are in Chung Lee's section.
Chung Lee

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The following three questions refer to the material you were to read in preparation to the lesson. Questions one and two require you to write a three or four sentence response. Number three is a multiple choice question. Click in the appropriate circle.

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1.


What are Kirchoff's voltage and current laws?



2.


Please derive the equations for currents I1, I2 and I3 in terms of R1, R2, R3, V1, V2 and V3 for the above circuit. Do not use any numbers in your equations.

Bring them on a sheet of paper that will be collected as you arrive for lab. This part of the pre-lab will be worth 4 of 10 points on your lab write-up this week.


3.

How would you write Kirchoff's loop rule for this circuit?

V + IR =0

V - IR = 0

-V + IR = 0

-V - IR = 0




Below is a space for your thoughts, including general comments about today's assignment (what seemed impossible, what reading didn't make sense, what we should spend class time on, what was "cool", etc.):




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