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Kirchhoff's first law is in accordance with the law of conservation of .


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  1. Kirchhoff's first law states that at a junction in an electrical circuit, the sum of currents flowing into the junction is equal to the sum of currents flowing out of the junction.
  2. Kirchhoff’s first law is the other form of the law of conservation of charge.
  3. The conservation of charge ideologically states that the total electric charge in a closed system never changes.

Thus Kirchhoff's first law is in accordance with the law of conservation of charge.


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