Topic 5

Ohm's Law

Learning objectives

By the end of this section you will be able to:

  • Define Ohm’s law, describe Ohm’s law in graphical form and explain the behavior of electric circuits using Ohm’s law.

  • Mathematically, relate the three basic quantities, current, voltage and resistance through the concept of function.
               

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