Q.State Kirchhoff's First and Second Rules.
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Kirchhoff's First Rule expresses conservation of charge at a junction; his Second Rule expresses conservation of energy around a closed loop.
1. Kirchhoff's First Rule (Current Rule / Junction Rule / KCL).
Statement: At any junction in an electrical circuit, the algebraic sum of the currents meeting at that junction is zero.
Equivalently, the sum of currents entering a junction equals the sum of currents leaving it. This follows directly from conservation of electric charge -- charge cannot accumulate indefinitely at a junction in steady state.
2. Kirchhoff's Second Rule (Voltage Rule / Loop Rule / KVL).
Statement: In any closed loop of a circuit, the algebraic sum of the products of current and resistance (IR drops) taken together with the algebraic sum of the emfs in that loop is zero.
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