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Bipolar theorem

So imagine you have a seesaw, or a teeter-totter, like the one at the playground. One side has a heavy weight on it, like a big rock, and the other side has no weight on it at all. The heavy side is like the positive side, and the light side is like the negative side.

Now, if you push down on the light side, what will happen? The heavy side will go up, right? That's because the seesaw is following what's called the bipolar theorem. In other words, when you apply a force to one end, the opposite end will respond in the opposite direction.

This idea comes up a lot in physics and engineering, because it helps us understand how forces work in a system. If we know one part of the system is positive (like a battery with a plus sign) and another part is negative (like a light bulb with a minus sign), we can use the bipolar theorem to predict what will happen when we connect them together.

Overall, the bipolar theorem is just a way of saying that things tend to balance out in opposite directions. It's like pulling on both ends of a rope – if you pull harder on one end, the other end will respond by pulling harder in the other direction. That's what makes the seesaw go up and down, and it's what makes a lot of other things in the world work, too!
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