Shown in the attachments is a circuit with the ground given, I hope I converted it to the second circuit correctly with the ground in the correct location of the circuit. I would like to know what the voltage across the resistor is?

Since the ground is there I would assume 0V. If ground wasn't labeled, I would choose 5V. Which voltage is correct with ground there?

Thanks!

 

It has to be 5V.

 

It has to be 5V.

Wouldn't the ground there make it 0 potential since I'm thinking because the ground is there then it's connected to the negative so there's a short, thus 0V. Am I misunderstanding what ground is?

 

Your equivalent circuit, which is correct, shows a 5V source connected directly across the resistor. How can the voltage voltage across that resistor be both 5V & 0V? That makes no sense. Analyse it with KVL.

 

Your equivalent circuit, which is correct, shows a 5V source connected directly across the resistor. How can the voltage voltage across that resistor be both 5V & 0V? That makes no sense. Analyse it with KVL.

Without ground 5V. With ground at that particular location I thought it meant negative is connected there so 0V. I don't think I'm understanding ground in a DC circuit? Where's ground connected to? The negative of the power source?

 

Where your problem is coming from is you are mixing up the concept of the voltage potential at a point relative to an arbitrary reference point and the concept of the voltage potential between two arbitrary points.

Voltage is ALWAYS a measure of the potential DIFFERENCE between TWO points. (At least for anything remotely like this where we are dealing with conservative electric fields.)

By picking one node and calling it 0V, we are merely saying that when we talk about "the voltage AT a point in the circuit", what we are really talking about is the voltage difference between that point and the node we arbitrarily chose to call 0V.

But when we ask about the voltage ACROSS some component, then we are talking about the voltage difference BETWEEN the two points on either side of that component and it has nothing to do with which node we chose as our common reference point.

 

Thanks for all the help!

 

Here's your circuit without the ground ... note the meter leads ... and compliance with KVL.