ME 120

Introduction to DC Circuits

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• Be able to compute the equivalent resistance for two resistors in series.
• Be able to compute the equivalent resistance for two resistors in parallel.
• Be able to compute the power dissipation (or consumption or use) when current flows through serial and parallel combinations of resistors.

• (14:11), Electricity_1 Slides
• (7:56), Electricity_2 Slides
• Mandatory: take the online quiz 1 on D2L. Its access will close 30 minutes before the beginning of Lecture 2 class time.

• Example problems for finding equivalent resistance and power dissipation in a circuit.
• Example problem and solution for series and parallel combination of resistors

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• Study questions electricity notes
• Example of incandescent bulbs in series and parallel
• Practice problems to compute V, I and P for each component of simple circuits.