You are working on an electronic project and you need to get a 100 Ω, 10 W resistor to meet the specifications of your design. So you looked up in your tool box and found out that you only have a ...

If there are no branches then it's a series circuit. If there are branches it's a parallel circuit. In a television series, you get several episodes, one after the other. A series circuit is similar.

The current flowing in a series circuit is the same everywhere. Figure caption, A series circuit with two bulbs and one cell. The ammeter will read the same at points 1, 2 or 3. In series circuits, ...