Data Analysis: In the experiment, the equivalent resistance for a specific circuit configuration was obtained using the

multimeter (measured equivalent resistance) and the equations for parallel and series connection (calculated equivalent resitance). The percent differences of the measured and calculated equivalent resistances for different circuit configurations were also obtained. From the result presented, there are almost similar values for the measured equivalent resistance to that of the calculated one which produces a very small percent difference except for configuration B. For configuration B, the percent difference is 5.16 which is higher compared to the percent differences for configurations A, C, D, E, F and G (has values less than 1%). This is mainly because that for B, the connections are all joined in a parallel. If a certain connection is a parallel one, the equivalent resistance that would be obtained using the equations would be small compared to the individual resistances. Thus, a small change in the measured equivalent resistance with respect to that of the resistance calculated would result into a higher percent difference. Another source of error is that the resistors and the wires used for the connection may not been fully inserted in the bread board which could also cause an erroneous mistake to the the measurement of equivalent resistance. But for configurations A, C, D, E, F and G, the percent difference is less than 1% which tells that the measured equivalent resistance is almost equal to that of the calculated equivalent resisitance of the circuit. This also means that the principle of resitance in series and parallel holds to be true.

Conclusion: Resistance is defined as the opposition to flow of current. The resistances present in a given circuit could be simplified into one resistance known as the equivalent resistance which could be obtained using a multimeter or the equations for the the series or parallel connection. Result showed that almost all electrical configurations have the same measured and the calculated equivalent resistance which also results into a low value of percent difference. The only exemption there is configuration B in which there Is a percent difference of 5.16 which is relatively higher compared to the percent difference of the others which is less than 1% of difference. This is mainly because of two reasons: (1) the configuration is all connected in parallel thus a small equivalent resistance is expected which when measured using a multimeter, a small change between this two values would result into a higher percent difference (2) resistors and wires used may not be fully inserted in the bread board which could result into a an erroneous value. Further trials must be done to test the validity of the results.

PAULO LUIS O. CUDAL