Why Does I Appear in the Voltage Equation for Parallel Circuits?

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sparkle123
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I don't understand how I comes into play in the four equations.
For example, in V = (I + I1)R, shouldn't it just be
V = I1R?
Or V = (I(component through bottom wire) + I1)R?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
 
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  • Diagram of a tetrahedral resistor network drawn as a triangle with a central vertex joined to its three corners, with red arrows marking current I entering at the lower-left and leaving at the lower-right, followed by worked equations using currents I1, I2, I3 and V = (I + I1)R.
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Imagine that there's another loop involved, one that is supplying the voltage V and current I at the given nodes:

Circuit diagram: a triangular loop with three branch currents labeled I1, I2 and I3 in red arrows, sitting atop a rectangular loop carrying current I, which is driven by a voltage source labeled V.


I think you'll see where the "I" is coming from.
 
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  • Circuit diagram: a triangular loop with three internal loop currents labeled I1, I2 and I3, sitting above a rectangular loop carrying current I, which is driven by a voltage source labeled V at the bottom.
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Thank you very much! But isn't the I split between the three branches instead of going entirely through the bottom one? Thanks again!