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State the followings laws (i) Ohms law (ii)Kirchhoffs current law (iii) Lenz law ii. Define the following terms: (i) capacitive reactance (iii) inductive reactance iii. Write an expression for the effective or root mean square (rms) values of the voltage iv. Under what condition will circuit be at resonance? v. Mention 3 characteristics of the image formed by plane vi. Explain the following (i) electric field intensity (ii) dipole moment (iii) equipotential surface vii. Derive an expression for the energy stored in charged capacitor viii. Mention 3 factors that affect the capacitance of a capacitor Section Two 1. (a) State Snells law (b) Sketch a line of forces for unlike charges (c) A fish at the bottom of a pond appears to be located at 1.5 m beneath the water surface. What is the actual depth of the pond if the refractive index of water is 1.33? 2. A coil of inductance 0.5H and resistance 40 in series with a capacitor of 20 F is connected across a voltage source v = v m sin ( 2ft ) . For a maximum current of 5 A in the circuit, calculate (a) the resonant frequency of the circuit, (b) the value of vm (c) the voltage across the coil and across the capacitor, and (d) the power dissipated in the circuit. a. Write an expression for Faradays law of electromagnetic induction. Calculate magnetic flux density in air at a point 2 cm from a long, straight wire carrying a current of 10A An object mirror placed in front of a concave mirror produces an image which is erect and three times as tall as the object. If the radius of the mirror is 24 cm, find the image distance Find the potential at a point midway between two point charges q1=4010-9C and q2=-3010-9 C which are 10cm apart. The plates of a parallel plate capacitor are 5mm apart and 2m 2 in area. The plates are in vacuum. A potential difference of 1000V is applied across the capacitor. Compute the charge on each plate and the energy stored in the capacitor. The long straight parallel wires in which there are currents of 5.0 A and 10.0 A in opposite directions are 10 cm apart. Find the magnitude of magnetic field strength at a point half way between them An object mirror placed in front of a concave mirror produces an image which is erect and three times as tall as the object. If the radius of the mirror is 24 cm, find the image distance

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