In a series circuit, if one resistor is removed, what happens to the total resistance?
Correct Answer: Total resistance decreases.
- Step 1: Understand what a series circuit is. In a series circuit, all components are connected one after the other in a single path.
- Step 2: Know that in a series circuit, the total resistance is calculated by adding up the resistance values of all the resistors.
- Step 3: If you remove one resistor from the series circuit, you are taking away one of the resistances that contribute to the total.
- Step 4: Since the total resistance is the sum of all resistances, removing a resistor means there are fewer resistances to add together.
- Step 5: Therefore, the total resistance decreases when you remove a resistor from a series circuit.
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