Series and parallel circuits: Difference between revisions

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Components connected in series are connected along a single "electrical path", and each component has the same electric current through it, equal to the current through the network. The voltage across the network is equal to the sum of the voltages across each component.<ref name="Resnick_1966"/><ref name="Smith_1966"/>

Components connected in parallel are connected along multiple paths, and each component has the same [[voltage]] across it, equal to the voltage across the network. The current through the network is equal to the sum of the currents through each component.

The two preceding statements are equivalent, except for [[Duality (electrical circuits)|exchanging the role of voltage and current]].