why electric current remain constant in parallel circuit and divide in series? (plz answer it accordingly class 10)
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Current is defined as the "Rate of flow of Charge". Now the charge we are talking about is actually electrons. In a series circuit the electrons travel through the same wire. If we have two resistors RAandRB then number electrons flowing through RA will be equal to number electrons flowing through RB since electrons are not going to vanish anywhere. In a time t the number of electrons passed through is n and assuming electron charge as e we get the total charge flown q as
q=ne
I=qt=net
Now the above relation remains same for RA as well as RB
Answer:
so the current is remains same in a series circuit because there is only one path. parallel: there are more than one paths between two nodes. so the current can split into different qualities ,one for each path.
Explanation:
since all tha paths start from a single node so the potential on their starting end is same.. hope it will help you