# Kirchoff`s laws ```Kirchhoff’s Rules
In multi-loop circuits with more than one power source, often the simple series
and parallel combinations will not allow one to reduce the circuit to a single equivalent
resistor. In these cases, and indeed in any case, the circuit can be analyzed using two
simple fundamental rules known as Kirchhoff’s rules.
The loop rule: the sum of all the potential drops and increases around any closed
loop in a circuit must equal zero. This is a consequence of the ultimate fact that electric
fields are conservative vector fields and that this implies that the path integral of E
around a closed loop, which equals the potential around that loop, must be zero.
The junction rule: the sum of all the currents into and out from a junction point
must add to zero. This rule is a consequence of conservation of electric charge.
Example of a multi-loop circuit.
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