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Kirchhoff's junction rule represents _____.

Asked in GSEB Board March 2020 · Conservation laws behind Kirchhoff's rules

Answer: (4) Conservation of charge

Step-by-step solution

Idea: in a steady state, charge can neither pile up at a junction nor disappear from it.

So the charge arriving per second equals the charge leaving per second: Σ Iᵢₙ = Σ Iₒᵤₜ.

This is conservation of electric charge applied at a junction.

So the junction rule represents conservation of charge.

Why the other options are wrong

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