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Amj1500

Joined Nov 16, 2014
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Is the current through and across a resistor just two different ways of saying the same thing?
My circuits homework is asking me what the current through the resistor does with the voltage across the capacitor. Until now,
I have not seen it worded this way. Thanks :)
 

MaxHeadRoom

Joined Jul 18, 2013
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A current is through a resistor, it can be determined by measuring across a resistor by voltage drop, if resistance is known.
Maybe this what was implied?
Max.
 

shteii01

Joined Feb 19, 2010
4,644
No.
Current passes though. It is physical entity, it needs a pass to get from Point A to Point B. It is not magic that jumps time and space.

Voltage is across. It is a field. You can not see it, you can not touch it. All you can do is observe the effect that it has on things, like effect on a resistor for example.
 
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