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Andrea Perry
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This is something I have been trying to figure out lately, but I can't seem to wrap my head around it.
So, according to a definition in my Physics textbook, while the electrical potential difference established between two terminals encourages the movement of charge, it is resistance that discourages it.
If current is the rate of the flow of charge over a given amount of time, and it is the same through all resistors, then what exactly are the resistors doing to the charge if they're not slowing it down (decreasing the potential energy?)?
So, according to a definition in my Physics textbook, while the electrical potential difference established between two terminals encourages the movement of charge, it is resistance that discourages it.
If current is the rate of the flow of charge over a given amount of time, and it is the same through all resistors, then what exactly are the resistors doing to the charge if they're not slowing it down (decreasing the potential energy?)?