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Good point - I don't like it, but we do that with other definitions (eg.,--
it is kosher to regard one or more of Newtons "laws" as definitions).
More importantly, if R= V/I is a statement that the resistance is
independent of voltage, where is the definition of resistance (R)?
Bob Sciamanda (W3NLV)
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (em)
trebor@velocity.net
http://www.velocity.net/~trebor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Cohen" <Robert.Cohen@PO-BOX.ESU.EDU>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: Ohm's Law
> If R=V/I defines the resistance, why do you call it a law?
>