IB skill practice

Find resistance from a voltage-current graph

Read two points off a voltage-current graph for an ohmic conductor and find the resistance as voltage over current (the gradient).

Paper 1, Paper 2 1 marks Difficulty 2

Find resistance from a graph

The voltage-current graph for an ohmic resistor is a straight line through the origin. Read the two marked points, then find the resistance in ohms (Ω).