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For a moredetailed discussion of direct and alternatingcurrent circuits, see electricity. Uncountable times every daywith the merest flick of a fingereach one of us calls on electricity to do our bidding. Aims activities book can be helpful for further investigation. In one associated handson activity, students build and investigate the characteristics of series circuits.
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