A short in a series circuit prevents current.

More Questions from Series Circuits

• If you know the current anywhere in a series circuit, you know the current everywhere in a series circuit.
• The voltage at one point in a circuit is always measured relative to another point.
• In a series circuit, the individual powers are additive.
• Series aiding is a term sometimes used to describe voltage sources of the same polarity in series.
• A series circuit acts as a voltage divider.
• The sum of all the voltage drops around a single closed loop in a circuit is zero.

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