Electrical Power

A series of free GCSE/IGCSE Physics Notes and Lessons.

Power of electrical components
How to use two different equations to calculate the power of components in electrical circuits?
P = IV
P = I²R

Electrical power (P = IV = I²R = V²/R)
An explanation of what power is, and a derivation of the three formulae for electrical power.

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