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Ways to increase the current through a circuit

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Ohm's Law describes the relationship between current, voltage and resistance. Using this relationship, explain how you would increase the current through a circuit.

(a) lower the voltage or lower the resistance
(b) raise the voltage, but only if you raised the resistance by the same factor
(c) raise the voltage or lower the resistance
(d) raise the voltage or raise the resistance
(f) lower the voltage or raise the resistance

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In this exercise, students are given five choices and they are asked to choose the option that increases the current through a circuit. Ohm's Law is used and rearranged to explain the problem.

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