Electricity

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Is this set up a series

circuit or a parallel circuit ?

An accurate diagram of

the circuit in Figure A.

Figure A

Figure B

Here's another circuit.

Is it series or parallel?

An accurate diagram of

the circuit in Figure B.

Look closely at Figure B. What happens when the wire is disconnected from the negative terminal? When the current is broken, look what happens in the diagram of the circuit.

Here are two more circuits.

Which one is a series and which one is parallel?

Diagram A

Diagram B

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ANSWERParallel Circuit

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Which is Which?  A - ParallelB - Series