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What is the difference between series and parallel circuits?

Many of you have seen light fixtures in which there are more than one bulb. In your group make a list of the kinds of light fixtures that you know that hold more than one bulb.

Are some of the bulb arrangements with the same number of bulbs brighter than other arrangements? Write down your ideas about what might explain this.

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