Why the current is equal in each resistor of a series circuit?

Answer 1

where else it would go through.....

the current entering the first resistor must pass through the next preceding resistors in order to reach the positive/+ve potential so as to complete the circuit.

Current flow is the actual flow of electrons so it goes from the ground (negative most point) to th emost positive point. lectrons are a negatve charged unit so they travel towards the positive point.

Answer 2

We have three physical quantities related to each other in this case of ohm's law

i.e. V = I * R

Now we have different resistance values connected in series.

Logically speaking if V is constant then I must have changed according to various values of R

If we connect them in parallel then same potential difference V is confirmed. So current has to change inversely.

This means as R is more then less current through and if R is less more current. This is true in case V is constant

Same way if resistors are connected in series then voltage cannot remain constant. So the only possibility is that current has to remain the same. Moreover there is only one way for the current to pass through. So it cannot be possible to have different current as different segments of the same track.

Hence same current.

Another Answer

There is only one route through a series circuit, so the current passing through the first resistor must also pass through the second and the third, and so on. In other words, it's the same current wherever it is measured.

Answer 3

The current is the same in a series circuit because the electron flows continuously ion a closed loop hence the same intensity across all the elements in that closed path(loop).