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How do you work out the current in a circuit?

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we can calculate the current in a commmon electrical circuit by this formulae i.e,I=V\R where i is the current flowing in the conductor, R is resistance , V is the voltage.. THE FORMULA IS CORRECT but the term conductor does not suffice an explanation since a conductor is low in resistance R= resistance not conduction.

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Amps = Voltage/Resistance, Amps = Watts/Voltage, Amps = Sq root of Watts/Resistance. in a complex circuit of resistance thevenin theorem works fine but there are nodal analysis

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