Quote (ROM @ Sep 24 2014 01:36pm)
I don't think that's what he is asking since we haven't covered anything like that. I am not sure. It's not marked too hard so as long as I get an answer that could be considered right I should be okay.
Thanks though guys. I appreciate the help and it is good for me to know. It gives me a head up over the rest of my class.
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While we are on the subject.
In the experiment we had to measure each resistor resistance before proceeding. Why did we do this?
The only reason I can think of was to see if the individual resistors were working before running them in series.
That is one reason. You want to make sure you have the right resistor.
There are also other reasons.
In your lab report (assuming this is a lab portion of the class), you generally want to put as much information about the experiment that you can. Thus, someone can reproduce your experiment and attain the same/similar results. It also gives someone the ability to analyze what you did wrong if your results are skewed.
It also allows you to calculate the error from ideal circuit to the experimental data by having data on all the components in your experiment especially when your circuit gets more complex.