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Unit 11: Electric Circuits

Kirchhoff's Loop Rule

Use energy conservation to write Kirchhoff's loop rule, track potential around a circuit with correct signs, and sketch and read potential-versus-position graphs.

Topic 11.6 · 10 min read

This lesson comes with the AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism plan

In this lesson

  1. 01Potential tracks a charge's energy
  2. 02The loop rule
  3. 03Graphing potential around a loop
  4. 04Worked examples
  5. 05Where students lose points
  6. 06On the exam

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