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30January.2015
CircuitCER
Claim
Inmycircuit,rowtwowillhavedimlightbulbs,becauseofthetworesistors(one&two)
aroundthem.Theswitch(one)willhelpmakethesecondrowselectricityflow.Inthethird
row,lightbulbssixandsevenwillbebrighterthanrowone.Bulbfivewillbedimmerthansix
andseven.Lastlyeightwillbebrighterthanfive,butnotasbrightassixandseven.
Evidence
Mycircuitonlyworkedhalfwayactually.Whathappenedisthatthesecondrowdidgo
dim,butthethirdrowdidntgoasIthought.Thethirdrowdidthesamethingthesecondrow
did.Itjustwentdim.ButIlookedatmydrawingagainandInoticedhowIputanequalamount
ofcomponentsformostofmycircuit.Havingequalamountofcomponentsinthecircuit,many
oftheitemsIputinthecircuitwouldmostlylikelybethesame.WhichIwishmyeyeshad
caughtthat,becausemaybeifItookoutsomeresisterstherecouldpossiblybeadifferencefor
oneoftherows.
Reasoning
Bygivingeachofmyrowsthesameamountofcomponents,theresultswouldbethe
same.Butevensomyclaimformycircuitwasntexactlyright,TheFiveCircuitScenarios
helped,butalsomynotesfrommyLearningElectricityandCircuitsWorksheet.Ithelpedme
understandwhymycircuitonlypartlyworked.Thepaperbelowyouseeismynotesduringthe
FiveCircuitScenarios,thesenoteshelpedmemakemycircuitdesign.IthinksomethingthatI
forgotaboutwhilemakingmycircuitwhichIvementionedalotishowIputsuchanequal
amountofcomponentstomycircuit.