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Lab 4: Series and Parallel Circuits PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS 1. Using what you know about electricity, hypothesize about how series resistors would affect current flow. What would you expect the effective resistance of two equal resistors in series to be, compared to the resistance of a single resistor? 2. Using what you know about electricity, hypothesize about how parallel resistors would affect current flow. What would you expect the effective resistance of two equal resistors in parallel to be, compared to the resistance of one alone? 3. For each of the three resistor values you are using, note the tolerance rating. Tolerance is a percent rating, showing how much the actual resistance could vary from the labeled value. This value is labeled on the resistor or indicated with a color code. Calculate the range of resistance values that fall in this tolerance range. Labeled resistor value Tolerance Minimum resistance Maximum resistance (() (%) (() (()  introduction Components in an electrical circuit are in series when they are connected one after the other, so that the same current flows through both of them. Components are in parallel when they are in alternate branches of a circuit. Series and parallel circuits function differently. You may have noticed the differences in electrical circuits you use. When using some decorative holiday light circuits, if one lamp burns out, the whole string of lamps goes off. These lamps are in series. When a light bulb burns out in your house, the other lights stay on. Household wiring is normally in parallel. You can monitor these circuits using a Current and Voltage Probe System and see how they operate. One goal of this experiment is to study circuits made up of two resistors in series or parallel. You can then use Ohm’s law to determine the equivalent resistance of the two resistors. objectives · To study current flow in series and parallel circuits. · To study voltages in series and parallel circuits. ·