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This statement formalizes the law of conservation of energy for circuits. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this law in circuit analysis that states that the sum of all potential differences around a closed circuit path is zero.
ANSWER: loop rule [or Kirchhoff’s loop rule or Kirchhoff’s voltage rule; accept Kirchhoff’s second law or Kirchhoff’s second rule or answers suggesting the latter of two rules devised by Kirchhoff; prompt on Kirchhoff’s rule or Kirchhoff’s law or Kirchhoff’s circuit law or Kirchhoff’s circuit rule]
[10h] The loop rule holds if this operation applied to the electric field in a circuit is zero, implying the electric force is conservative. This operation applied to the vector potential gives the magnetic field.
ANSWER: curl [accept del cross; reject “del”]
[10e] Circuit analysis uses the loop rule alongside the junction rule, which states that the amount of this quantity entering equals the amount of this quantity exiting a junction. This quantity is measured in amperes.
ANSWER: current [or I]
<Science - Physics, Rohan Kher> | VAULT II Packet 02

HeardPPBE %M %H %
3320.0088%58%55%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
BurnsvilleMinnetonka B001010E
Minnetonka AMinnetonka C10101030MHE

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓623.33100%67%67%
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓313.3333%33%67%
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓220.00100%50%50%
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓415.00100%50%0%
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓230.00100%100%100%
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓316.6767%33%67%
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓425.00100%75%75%
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓417.5075%50%50%
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓520.00100%60%40%
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✕821.25100%63%50%