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Power = watts, current (I) = amps, volts (E or V)
Resistors in series add together Resistors in parallel: 1/Rt = 1/R₁ + 1/R₂ + ...
current in parallel: if have V, compute R for each path For two paths, R₁ & R₂: I on R₁ = R₁/(R₁+R₂) Voltage divider: (R₂ is resistor between Vout and ground) Vout = R₂/(R₁+R₂) * Vtotal
Q = CV , Q = charge (coulombs, always a positive value),
C = capacitance (farads), V = voltage
parallel plate capacitor C = epsilon (A/d), A = area, d = distance between plates
epsilon = permittivity of the dielectric dielectric constant (over free space) = 8.84 * 10⁻¹² Farads/meter
Electric field E = V/d (volts/meter)
E = sigma/epsilon, sigma = charge density sigma = Q/A
Force between two charged objects: Use coulomb's law:
F = k * q1 * q2 / r² k = 9 * 10⁹ N m²/C² r = distance in meters C = coulombs