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Explain how the amount of current that flows out of the battery is related to the amount of current in the branches of the circuit?
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Kirchoff's Current Law: The signed sum of the currents entering a node is equal to zero.
This means that the current leaving the battery is equal to the sum of the currents in the branches of the circuit.
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A type of circuit in which current can branch off?
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