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Conceptual Question 2:
The following circuit has three identical light bulbs connected to an ideal battery.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(a) The series combination of A and B are in parallel with C and the battery. Therefore, both the combination
and C have same potential difference across them. However, for the upper branch, this potential difference
is divided between A and B. So C will be brighter than A and B which have equal brightness.
(b) Since the equivalent resistance of A and B is larger than C, most of the current supplied by the battery will
go through C.
(c) If C is unscrewed, the upper branch will still be connected to the battery and the current through it will not
change. The brightnesses will remain the same (remember the demo of 4 light bulbs connected in parallel.)
(d) When A is unscrewed, the upper branch is an open circuit and no current flows through it and consequently
through B. B goes dark. C remains unchanged because it is still connected to the same battery.
Problem 1:
Three charged particles are located at the corners of an equilateral triangle as shown in the figure below (q = 2.00
C, L = 0.50 m).
(a) Calculate the total electric force on the 7.00 C charge.
(b) Calculate the electric field at the position of the 2 C charge.
(c) What is the total electric potential energy associated with this arrangement?
v v v
F = F1 + F2
Fx = F1x + F2 x and Fy = F1 y F2 y
F1
7 C
F2
60
y
-4 C
+q
Fy
F = Fx2 + Fy2 = 0.872 N and F = arctan
Fx
x
v v
v
E = E1 + E 2
E x = E 2 x E1x and E y = E1 y
7 C
E1x = k e
E2
E1
7 C
(0.5m )
cos 60 = 1.26 10 5 N C
4C
= 1.44 10 5 N C
2
(0.5m )
7 C
E1 y = k e
sin 60 = 2.18 10 5 N C
2
(0.5m )
4
5
So, E x = 1.8 10 N C and E y = 2.18 10 N C
E2 x = ke
60
+q
= 30
y
-4 C
Ey
E = E x2 + E y2 = 2.19 10 5 N C and E = arctan
Ex
= 85.3
Problem 2:
A parallel-plate capacitor is constructed using a dielectric material whose dielectric constant is 3.00 and whose
dielectric strength is 2.00 x 108 V/m. The desired capacitance is 0.25 F, and the capacitor must withstand a
maximum potential difference of 4000 V. Find the minimum area of the capacitor plates. What is the maximum
energy that can be stored in this capacitor?
E max = 2 10 8 V m
4000
= 2 10 5 m
8
2 10
Cd
2.5 10 6 2 10 5
0 A
= 1.88m 2
=
C =
then, A =
12
0
(3) 8.85 10
d
A
d
U=
)(
1
1
2
2
C (V ) = 2.5 10 6 (4000 ) = 0.2 J
2
2
Problem 3:
Consider the circuit on the right.
(a) Write down a complete set of equations to determine the currents in the
circuit.
(b) If I = 30 mA, determine the magnitude and direction of the current in the
500- resistor.
(c) Find the value of R.
A
I1
I2
B
With the currents as shown, and taking the left and right loops clockwise; the equations are:
I1 = I + I 2
30 500 I 1 + 15 RI 2 = 0
RI 2 15 + 10 400 I = 0
If I = 30mA, the total potential drop between A and B from the right branch will be:
V A V B = 400 I 10 = 2V
Now looking at the left branch,
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
2. When a positive charge is released and moves along an electric field line, it moves to a position of
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
4. How much energy is dissipated as heat during a two-minute time interval by a 1.5-k resistor which has a
constant 20 V potential difference across its leads?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
58 J
46 J
32 J
72 J
16 J
5. Most telephone cables are made of copper wire of either 24 or 26 gauge. If the resistance of the 24-gauge wire is
137 /mile and the resistance of 26-gauge wire is 220 /mile, what is the ratio of the diameter of 24-gauge wire to
that of 26-gauge wire?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
1.6
1.3
0.62
0.79
0.88