Ohm's Law

The current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the voltage across the two points. It is inversely proportional to the resistance across those two points.

Voltage increases directly as the product of voltage and resistance.

Formula

QuantityVariable["V", "ElectricPotential"] == QuantityVariable["I", "ElectricCurrent"]*QuantityVariable["R", "ElectricResistance"]

symbol	description	physical quantity
V	voltage	"ElectricPotential"
I	electric current	"ElectricCurrent"
R	electric resistance	"ElectricResistance"

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External Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohm%27s_law

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Date: 1827