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-- The voltage doesn't change.

-- If the second light bulb is identical to the first, then the total resistance drops by half.

-- If they're not identical, then we have to know the details of both before we can

calculate their combined effective resistance.

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If you have a DC passing through a circuit will the current decrease when you add a DC motor and if so by how much?

In the circuit where the DC motor is added, it was not specified whether the motor was added in series or in parallel to circuit elements. If it was added in series, it will increase circuit resistance and it will cause circuit current to go down. In parallel, the motor will reduce total circuit resistance, and circuit current will increase.


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What would happen if you added another battery to a simple circuit of two wires a battery and a bulb?

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What are trhe advantages of parallel circuits?

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Why does the total circuit resistance decreases when more devices are added to a parallel circuit?

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What happens to the current in a parallel circuit when more bulbs are added?

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When you add resistors that are in a series to a ciruit?

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What happens to the total current provided by the battery as more bulbs are added to a parallel circuit?

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