Although an analysis of this circuit probably seems trivial to you, I would like to encourage you to look at what is happening here from a fresh perspective. An important principle observed many times in the study of physics is that of equilibrium, where quantities naturally ßeek" a state of balance. The balance sought by this simple circuit is equality of voltage: the voltage across the resistor must settle at the same value as the voltage output by the source:

Here is an edit that can be added to the "next time" list of changes the ebook.

I suspect that something got garbled in the conversion. I think that the word ßeek" should most likely be replaced with the word seek in this excerpt from the ebook.

The link is here http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/worksheets/em2.html

A couple of paragraphs down in the word Beeking appears and is probably supposed to be seeking.

hgmjr

 

It's come up a few times, we have no control over the worksheets. A direct email to Tony will likely be required.

 

I figured this would probably be a Tony issue. It is by no means in need of urgent attention. Just a flag that correction is needed.

hgmjr

 

Makes me wonder about the old High German esset (double s), which was associated with the word 'suchen' to seek.