An unknown resistor is wired in series with an ammeter, and a voltmeter is placed in parallel across both the resistor and the ammeter. This network is then placed across a battery. If one computes the value of the resistance by dividing the voltmeter reading by the ammeter reading, the value obtained

Kirchhoff's junction rule: At any junction point, the sum of all the currents entering the junction must equal the sum of all the currents leaving the junction.
Kirchhoff's loop rule: The sum of the changes in potential around any closed path of a circuit must be zero.