Question

Using your experimental results, has kirchhoff's current law (KCL) been satisfied? Explain.

Using your experimental results, has kirchhoff's voltage law (KVL) been satisfied? Explain.

Can someone help me understand what these laws have to do with the results I may have gotten in my experimental values using the loops.

Answer 1

First, you will have to collect experimental data and after that you have to verify kirchhoff law (both KCL and KVL) i.e. you have to show that your experimental results are consistent with kirchhoff law.

For KCL: show that the net current at any juntion is zero. You can do this by measuring, incoming and outgoing current at any junction.

For KVL: show that algebraic sum of all the voltage within the loop is equal to zero. You can do this by measuring voltage across all the elements present within a loop.