Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
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Chapter 13, Problem 12CQ
If we decrease the potential difference across a resistance in a circuit, will the current flowing through that resistance increase, remain the same, or decrease? Explain.
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