2.5 Kirchhoff’s Voltage and Current Laws

• The behavior of electric-circuit currents and voltages are governed by these laws

• KCL is a manifestation of conservation of charge (see text p. 22)

• KVL is a manifestation of conservation of energy (see text p. 25)

• KCL and KVL are used in conjunction with circuit element laws; e.g., Ohm’s Law (see text p. 28), etc. to perform electric circuit analysis

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