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Read  logic chapters 1 to 5  in online volume Three Skills for Algebra  for greater skills & confidence in  work 
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 Logic chapters 1 to 5  re- appear not in sequence, as is or longer,  in  Volume 1A,  Pattern Based Reason, Bon Appetite.

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Logic mastery makes the hard, easier. Logic mastery  leads to better, stronger and richer comprehension.  Logic mastery  improves reading and writing.  Logic mastery ease learning difficulties.  Logic mastery gives a headstart.  In sum, logic mastery  will develops critical thinking, improve reading and writing, and give a firmer base for work and studies at many levels. Good luck.


After logic  (a) continue reading Three Skills for Algebra, chapters 8 to 14  and do so alongside site area on solving liinear Equations ; or (b) see this calculus starter lesson and Volume 3, Why Slopes  & More Math, chapters 2 to 6;

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Kirchoff's First Law:
  The sum of currents entering a junction of an electric equals the sum of current leaving.

  • A junction is also called a node.
  • If the first law failed, electric charge would accumulate at a junction. But like charges repel. Kirchoff's first law may be a consequence of the observation or pattern that like charges repel.

Example:


Example:

Example: Find the mystery or missing currents in the following circuit diagram

Answers: 
  • I1 = I2 + I3
    Therefore I3 = 3 amp - 1.25 amp = 1.75 amp
  • I4 = I2 = 1.25 amp
  • I5 = I4 = I2 = 1.25 amp
  • I6 = I5 +I3 = I3 + I2 = I1 = 3 Amp
  • I7 = I6 = 3 Amp

Since currents before and after any point or circuit element in a wire must be equal (to avoid charge build up), we can describe the above  circuit and other with fewer current variables.


Kirchoff's First Law says  The sum of currents entering a junction of an electric equals the sum of current leaving.  Likewise the sum of currrent entering a circuit element equals the sum of current leaving when there is no charge build-up, in others words accumulation,  in or on the  circuit element.  

Optional (Most should ignore):  Charge accumulation along wires and in or on circuit elements  is considered in more advanced studies of circuit theory. Think about "exceptions" to the first law if you meet capacitors and the capacitance effects of circuit elements and transmission wires.

 

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EMF - Voltage I
EMF - Voltage II
Kirchoff's First Law
Kirchoff's 2nd Law
Series Circuit I
Series Circuit II
Series Circuit III
Series Circuit IV
Resistors in Parallel I
Resistors in Parallel II
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Wire Resistant II
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Wire Resistance Math II
Wire Resistant Math III
Wire Resistant Math IV
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Conductance II
Energy Power I
Energy Power II
Energy Power III
Energy Power IV
Energy Power V
Energy Power VI (Heat)
Energy Power VII (Heat)
Energy Power VIII (Heat)
Energy Power IX (Heat)
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