Resistors In Parallel - The Easy Way!

This physics video tutorial provides a basic introduction into parallel circuits. it explains how to calculate the electric current flowing through each resistor in a parallel circuit. The voltage across each resistor is the same in a parallel circuit and it's equal to the voltage of the battery. This tutorial explains how to solve parallel circuits with two resistors and with three resistors. It discusses how to calculate the power delivered by the battery to the circuit and the power absorbed by each resistor. Kirchoff's current law applies to parallel circuits which states that the total current entering a junction must equal to the total current leaving the junction - this is also known as the junction rule of kirchoff's law. This video uses the principles behind ohm's law to calculate the voltage, current, resistance, and power of an element or device in a circuit.
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Resistors In Series:
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Series and Parallel Circuits - Light Bulb Brightness:
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Equivalent Resistance of Complex Circuits:
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How To Solve DC Circuits:
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Voltage Divider Circuit:
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Current Dividers:
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Parallel Circuit Challenge Problem:
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Kirchhoff's Current Law:
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Kirchhoff's Voltage Law:
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DC Circuits Review:
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KCL and KVL Circuit Analysis:
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Thevenin's Theorem - Circuit Analysis:
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Superposition Theorem:
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  • @TheOrganicChemistryTutor
    @TheOrganicChemistryTutor6 ай бұрын

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  • @jimtorres6802
    @jimtorres68023 жыл бұрын

    Went through at least 20 vids on how to do this and your explanations covers it all perfectly and without dead ends, Thank you very much.

  • @nhlanzekomchunu4888
    @nhlanzekomchunu48883 жыл бұрын

    you are just here to make our lives easy. u are such a blessing to us🙌🙌👏👏👏

  • @petewoodhead52
    @petewoodhead522 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this! I went through it twice with you. First I listened and followed the best I could. Then I took out pencil and paper and worked out every problem trying to stay just ahead of you by pausing your video of course. This was very helpful at driving it in. You made one small error on screen by writing 12v when calculating watts used by R3. I did stumble on this, but finally realized you were saying 24v but writing 12v. Not sure who else caught this, but it actually helped me learn it better, by working a bit harder to figure this out. 😉🤪

  • @WayToManyAssassins

    @WayToManyAssassins

    2 жыл бұрын

    saw that too had too pause the video for a bit and look in the comments lmao

  • @austintittle5046
    @austintittle50463 жыл бұрын

    hey man you have helped me so much over the last year, thank you for breaking it down.

  • @kelindavascodagama6792
    @kelindavascodagama67922 жыл бұрын

    not everyone explained it well like you. thank you very much . I am glad i found this video .

  • @tanveerahmad8455
    @tanveerahmad84552 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much for not confusing me so much like my instructor!! bless your heart!

  • @CipherSway
    @CipherSway2 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much for not confusing me so much like my instructor!! bless your heart!

  • @chromerims
    @chromerims Жыл бұрын

    All of your videos are stunningly effective and beautiful. 👍 FWIW at 9:39 forgive me if I am mistaken butI believe that the written 12V should have been 24V. Kindest regards.

  • @wanderingpalace
    @wanderingpalace7 ай бұрын

    thankyou for this gift professor you made my life much easier and this is beautiful. Your video is more useful than a textbook with 20+ pages on the topic.

  • @Casualbystander
    @Casualbystander4 жыл бұрын

    This was so helpful. Thank you so much.

  • @KirikomiMoon
    @KirikomiMoon Жыл бұрын

    I'm sure you get this a lot, but thank you for clearing up the comprehension of circuits! ☺️

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    @johannam.c.requioma42803 жыл бұрын

    These videos really help me to answer my modules

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    @Arianitus15 жыл бұрын

    Amazing! Thank you

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    @kristianyoung24292 жыл бұрын

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  • @sirus6167
    @sirus61674 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot. This video was really helpful 👌

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    @ammarparmr6 жыл бұрын

    You are a legend!

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    @050-ghiffaryramadhana95 жыл бұрын

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  • @aliciapark523
    @aliciapark523Ай бұрын

    Thank you so much... I genuinely had no understanding of the circuits before watching your videos. Should have watched them earlier

  • @xavierbooysen45
    @xavierbooysen452 жыл бұрын

    Helped me a lot!

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  • @joetursi9573
    @joetursi957310 ай бұрын

    great video!!

  • @FISHY444
    @FISHY4442 жыл бұрын

    That was insane brooo

  • @belenseoane
    @belenseoane Жыл бұрын

    thank you so much!!

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    @kyawminthein26392 жыл бұрын

    Really thanks a lot 😍

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    @evilnightbot31312 жыл бұрын

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  • @EJP286CRSKW
    @EJP286CRSKW2 жыл бұрын

    There's an easier way than the reciproca of the sum of the reciprocals. It transforms algebraically to the product divided by the sum: e.g. R1*R2/(R1+R2).

  • @Proclifo

    @Proclifo

    2 жыл бұрын

    That is correct, but only possible with two resistors. If there are three or more, we have to use the longer method.

  • @nativegamer5785

    @nativegamer5785

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @BabaBoee5198

    @BabaBoee5198

    9 ай бұрын

    Bruh isn’t it literally the lcm of the reciprocal

  • @EJP286CRSKW

    @EJP286CRSKW

    9 ай бұрын

    @@Proclifo No, you don't 'have to use the longer method'. This is mathematically false. You can iterate. Much simpler.

  • @ukenbreker

    @ukenbreker

    4 ай бұрын

    I don't see how this is easier in any meaningful way. Plus, it only works with 2 resistors.

  • @yodad4776
    @yodad47762 жыл бұрын

    Excellent I'm struggling with this even in the learning resources and I've got the BIG closed book exam tomorrow and this is a weak area for me

  • @rtbgv
    @rtbgv2 жыл бұрын

    ERROR ALERT: In the last example at 9:35 you said that you were going to use the forumula P=(V)(I) then you plugged in 12 for voltage and 3 for current but still came up with 72W. I thought I was losing my mind! Otherwise, great video. Thank you.

  • @betitube951

    @betitube951

    2 жыл бұрын

    He was wrong, he wanted to say 24. p=(v)(I)=(24)(3)=72

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    @fancilydrowning1241 Жыл бұрын

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    @quarterpie53383 жыл бұрын

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    @footnotebook92972 жыл бұрын

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    @numsy259129 күн бұрын

    Amazing.

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    @Mattyv73 жыл бұрын

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    @abdulkhalek75562 жыл бұрын

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    @kabandajamir98442 жыл бұрын

    The world's best teacher

  • @cy4n782
    @cy4n7823 жыл бұрын

    How do I find the R3 if the only given clues are Req and i3

  • @abdoumilane3473
    @abdoumilane34736 жыл бұрын

    realy cool

  • @fjejejjrbskjwjw163
    @fjejejjrbskjwjw1638 ай бұрын

    Thanks you

  • @adaptivelearner6162
    @adaptivelearner61622 жыл бұрын

    Could you use one equation for power to work out question B ?

  • @Smirkku
    @Smirkku2 жыл бұрын

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  • @loxton112dan7
    @loxton112dan72 жыл бұрын

    When finding the power pulled from each resistor you used a different formula eg R1, I²XR1 R2, V²XR2 and R3 VxR what if there 4 resistors how do I know which to use

  • @jalfredl
    @jalfredl5 жыл бұрын

    At 5:06, there’s also a third way to calculate the total resistance.. R= P/I^2 So, 60 W/5 ^2 A equals 2.4 ohm

  • @anthonyjernigan196

    @anthonyjernigan196

    3 жыл бұрын

    I don’t know if you can help but I have a problem to calculate current but I have 2700W and 118v

  • @jalfredl

    @jalfredl

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@anthonyjernigan196 If you want to calculate Currents with 2700 W and 118 V Convert P= VI --> P/V = I 2700 W/118V = 22.88 A

  • @jalfredl

    @jalfredl

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@anthonyjernigan196 Hope that helps

  • @anthonyjernigan196

    @anthonyjernigan196

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jalfredl I got that answer but I got it wrong

  • @jalfredl

    @jalfredl

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@anthonyjernigan196 Was the 2700 W and 118v already given or did you have to calculate those numbers first?

  • @matrixguy2815
    @matrixguy28152 жыл бұрын

    How do find the total resistance of 3ohms and 4ohms with an internal resistance of 0.05 ohms?

  • @pausworldz
    @pausworldz3 жыл бұрын

    my teacher only gave the current and the total voltage of the parallel circuit how do i calculate it to find the resistance and the voltage drop?

  • @gentai9635
    @gentai96356 ай бұрын

    Thankyou

  • @salty9119
    @salty91193 жыл бұрын

    11:20 for resistance in parrallell circuits

  • @vbacz
    @vbacz Жыл бұрын

    Great vid but where can i find the voltage drops instead of current drops?

  • @carlosdabog5962
    @carlosdabog59622 жыл бұрын

    Explained it 10x better than my teacher

  • @mrwednesday3784
    @mrwednesday37843 жыл бұрын

    It’s so much to take in

  • @ethanishyper3895
    @ethanishyper3895Ай бұрын

    What if there is a resistor on the top or bottom of the circuit?

  • @Carmen-uo4zi
    @Carmen-uo4zi5 жыл бұрын

    12:06 voice over "P3=(12V)*(3Amps).." should be 24V not 12V but the math is correct 72W

  • @aquasama588

    @aquasama588

    4 жыл бұрын

    He used the Wrong calculation, But Got the right answer! Teachers: Listen here you Little Sh*t

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    4 жыл бұрын

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  • @cheesecac4986
    @cheesecac49862 жыл бұрын

    5:15 taking notes! thanks for this video!

  • @asedcopf
    @asedcopf2 жыл бұрын

    still dont get where you got one over something -1 for total resistance, but the simple ohms law for resistance works fine :)

  • @Carl-lk8zn
    @Carl-lk8zn2 жыл бұрын

    how did he find 5amps in the first example??

  • @vsynqable7331
    @vsynqable73314 жыл бұрын

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  • @missaelgonzalez4726
    @missaelgonzalez4726 Жыл бұрын

    whar if you dont have volt calc

  • @stephenyoung8594
    @stephenyoung85943 жыл бұрын

    for p3 is there not 24v across? I thought voltage was constant in a parallel circuit. p1 and p2 had 24 through them.

  • @Nicolai24

    @Nicolai24

    3 жыл бұрын

    It was a mistake he made. No worries

  • @JoogyMusic
    @JoogyMusic2 жыл бұрын

    I got to go through it few times still kinda like huh.

  • @Janky_Banana
    @Janky_Banana Жыл бұрын

    Ay this ain’t organic chem but I’m not complaining!

  • @borjasophialorenr.5042
    @borjasophialorenr.50422 жыл бұрын

    What if there are 9 resistors in parallel circuit ? How to solve it?

  • @shitty_beatles
    @shitty_beatles2 жыл бұрын

    please take this symbolic portion of my professor's salary 🤲

  • @nicholejohnmelliza907
    @nicholejohnmelliza90711 ай бұрын

    P3=VI why the V is 12? Not 24? Why I is 3A?

  • @enzolopez4453
    @enzolopez44533 жыл бұрын

    Why not use P=VI when computing for power absorbed by each? R1's Amp/I is 3, then the voltage is 12V, so product is 36. Same goes for R2. No fancy equations.

  • @waitdaniel

    @waitdaniel

    3 жыл бұрын

    How do you get the V when only total Current and r1,2,3 are given?

  • @hariprasadgowdakerenadka8450
    @hariprasadgowdakerenadka84503 жыл бұрын

    Why the current goes through 6ohm resistance..it will choose low resistance path of 4ohm no??

  • @HollowHimself

    @HollowHimself

    3 жыл бұрын

    If you think of the current like cars/traffic and resistance how narrow the road is; even if you have a nice wide road (4ohm), it would still be smart to go down the thinner road (6ohm) as well, because you can fit more cars down BOTH roads than down just one road. Hence why the total resistance is 2.4ohm, BOTH roads combined let more cars through.

  • @sirus6167
    @sirus61674 жыл бұрын

    9:54 you made a mistake in P(eqn 3)=VI=*24* x3

  • @aselim20.
    @aselim20. Жыл бұрын

    I watched it.

  • @AliDenizDe
    @AliDenizDe3 ай бұрын

    but this rule works only if it consist only Parallel circuit, if we have mixed then don't use it.

  • @theredshow2397
    @theredshow23972 жыл бұрын

    Where did the 2 amps of current came from? @1:23 Nvm I got it…🥴

  • @hizonskennel
    @hizonskennel10 ай бұрын

    Sir why I do it in actual but the result of computation didn't get the same result in multimeter?

  • @matgaw123

    @matgaw123

    3 ай бұрын

    Because someone in the comments said he made error somewhere but method should be about right

  • @matgaw123

    @matgaw123

    3 ай бұрын

    The comment says "ERROR ALERT: In the last example at 9:35 you said that you were going to use the forumula P=(V)(I) then you plugged in 12 for voltage and 3 for current but still came up with 72W."

  • @cecilyngoka9677
    @cecilyngoka96773 жыл бұрын

    the electric current flowing through each resistor in a parallel circuit.

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    @FISHY4442 жыл бұрын

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    @cecilyngoka96773 жыл бұрын

    🙌🙌👏👏👏

  • @uniquebhandari2275
    @uniquebhandari22753 жыл бұрын

    11:40 how does it give the same answer, i want to know the process how we find it out. i came here to find out how we do it, this didnt help me at all

  • @jenecy5839

    @jenecy5839

    2 жыл бұрын

    same

  • @agravemisunderstanding9668
    @agravemisunderstanding96682 жыл бұрын

    Yes but I don't have the Voltage, I just have the two resistances and the total current

  • @Jay-jd4ge

    @Jay-jd4ge

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same here

  • @sinicidentity1210

    @sinicidentity1210

    2 жыл бұрын

    Have you found an answer yet? I’ve watched so many KZread tutorials and I’m still confused lol

  • @arxalier2956

    @arxalier2956

    2 жыл бұрын

    Find the equivalent resistance and apply Ohm's Law?

  • @bsdiceman
    @bsdiceman2 жыл бұрын

    your method of solving for the power in the second resistance does not follow the rules of PEMDAS. correctly solved it is 12*12= 144/ 6 = 24Watts

  • @boxer8657992
    @boxer86579925 жыл бұрын

    Which way current is flowing?

  • @akhun6046

    @akhun6046

    5 жыл бұрын

    From POSITIVE to NEGATIVE!!!

  • @guyguy1811

    @guyguy1811

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@akhun6046 well...

  • @akhun6046

    @akhun6046

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@waym9409 oh thanks for correcting me!!!

  • @JJ_san

    @JJ_san

    3 жыл бұрын

    normally we say current flows from positive to negative. But in reality current comes from the moving of electrons and electrons actually move from negative to positive terminal.

  • @joycedjikeng4825
    @joycedjikeng48256 жыл бұрын

    Wait why are you squaring current when finding the power from the battery? Isn't it just P= I x V?

  • @JesseJTheGreat

    @JesseJTheGreat

    6 жыл бұрын

    Joyce Djikeng p=I^2*R is used to find watts

  • @carlyc5325

    @carlyc5325

    5 жыл бұрын

    He's showing the different ways you can calculate for P....i^2 * R or v^2/R or V*i

  • @cccerberus777
    @cccerberus7773 ай бұрын

    P3 = V x I (24V)(3A) not (12V)(3A) = 72W .. this was almost like a test of comprehension here..

  • @ppi57
    @ppi574 жыл бұрын

    my brain doesn't get math ;) ... what is the "-1" after the parentheses at the end of the video? Cheers.

  • @chunqus9990

    @chunqus9990

    4 жыл бұрын

    it's because you have to take the reciprocal of 1/R1 + 1/R2 + ... . something of the negative exponent means the reciprocal. search up negative exponents and you'll understand :)

  • @ppi57

    @ppi57

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Kenton, I'm studying for my Ham license, and it involves some Algebra, and I never got the fundamentals of it... I think I either slept thru, or skipped that class :( ... now my old brain is paying the price.

  • @chunqus9990

    @chunqus9990

    4 жыл бұрын

    Rich, there’s lots of awesome free videos on a website called khan academy! Go check it out!

  • @ppi57

    @ppi57

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thx Kenton... Algebra, that's where I'm completely lost ;)

  • @gerrardlee3324
    @gerrardlee33243 жыл бұрын

    is that a Boston accent? you sound like Mark Walhberg or are you mark walhberg?

  • @maryeltangile7800
    @maryeltangile78003 жыл бұрын

    You are fast😂

  • @coppercoincollector
    @coppercoincollector4 жыл бұрын

    💲🔮💲

  • @wristlock3596
    @wristlock35963 жыл бұрын

    My AE1 sucks

  • @maryeltangile7800
    @maryeltangile78003 жыл бұрын

    Your so fast

  • @oceancui4195
    @oceancui41953 жыл бұрын

    khan academy?

  • @icekiller8766
    @icekiller87663 жыл бұрын

    Your current flow is wrong. Negative to positive not positive to negative

  • @kristian5821

    @kristian5821

    2 жыл бұрын

    i don't thnk it matters in this scenario

  • @jbob1274
    @jbob12742 жыл бұрын

    How do you determine resistance without V, I, or P ? This is only proof to me that my book is Bull💩n me.

  • @anthonyp2113
    @anthonyp21132 жыл бұрын

    Damn the audio is terrible

  • @desireadoss6782
    @desireadoss6782 Жыл бұрын

    This video doesn’t explain this topic very well, I kept getting lost every couple of sentences even after watching it 2 times over

  • @static_tv_og

    @static_tv_og

    Ай бұрын

    I KNOW you don't do electric engineering

  • @silverechohawk5315
    @silverechohawk53152 жыл бұрын

    The ‘easy way’?