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| Apr 16, 2012 at 3:35 | comment | added | Néstor | @AlanSE: right. However, I just said "take for granted" because this relationship is indeed derived from Ohm's Law. | |
| Apr 16, 2012 at 3:29 | comment | added | Alan Rominger | You mention that you "take for granted" $\Delta V=IR$, but I would take issue in that $R$ can be said to be defined by that equation. Provided the model yields a linear relationship (which it does and has been sufficiently demonstrated) then resistance is just naming the quantity. | |
| Apr 16, 2012 at 3:10 | history | edited | Néstor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 16, 2012 at 2:59 | history | answered | Néstor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |