UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

Centre : Centre for Foundation Studies (CFS) Unit Code : FHSC1024

Course : Foundation in Science Unit Title : Thermodynamics and
Year/ Trimester : Year 1 / Trimester 3 Electromagnetism
Session : 201701 Lecturer :

Tutorial 12: Alternating Current Circuit

1. A coiled telephone cord forms a spiral with 70.0 turns, a diameter of 1.30 cm,
and an unstretched length of 60.0 cm. Determine the self-inductance of one
conductor in the unstretched cord. [Answer: 1.36 H]

2. An emf of 24.0 mV is induced in a 500-turn coil when the current is changing

at a rate of 10.0 A/s. What is the magnetic flux through each turn of the coil at
an instant when the current is 4.00 A? [Answer: 1.9210-5 Tm2]

3. An audio amplifier, represented by the AC source and the resistor R in figure

above, delivers alternating voltages at audio frequencies to the speaker. If the
source puts out an alternating voltage of 15.0 V (rms), the resistance R is 8.20
, and the speaker is equivalent to a resistance of 10.4 , what is the time-
averaged power delivered to the speaker? [Answer: 6.76 W]

4. (a) When a 4.0-F capacitor is connected to a generator whose rms output

is 30 V, the current in the circuit is observed to be 0.30 A. What is the
frequency of the source?
(b) A generator in a purely capacitive AC circuit has an angular frequency
of 120 rad/s. If Vmax = 140 V and C = 6.00 F, what is the rms current
in the circuit? [Answer: (a) 4.0102 Hz, (b) 224 mA]

5. The generator in a purely inductive AC circuit has an angular frequency of

120 rad/s. If Vmax = 140 V and L = 0.100 H, what is the rms current in the
circuit? [Answer: (a) 2.63 A]

6. An inductor has a 54.0- reactance at 60.0 Hz. What will be the maximum
current if this inductor is connected to a 50.0-Hz source that produces a 100-V
rms voltage? [Answer: 3.14 A]

7. A 50 resistor, a 120 F capacitor and a 40 mH inductor are connected in

series to a 240 V, 50 Hz a.c. power supply.
(a) What is the total impedance of the circuit?
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 (b) Derive the function for the current across the three components at time
t seconds. (Sept12/13) [Answer: (a) 52 , (b) I =6.53 sin 100 t ]

8. An inductor (L = 400 mH), a capacitor (C = 4.43 F), and a resistor (R = 500 )

are connected in series. A 50.0-Hz AC generator connected in series to these
elements produces a maximum current of 250 mA in the circuit.
(a) Calculate the required maximum voltage Vmax.
(b) Determine the phase angle by which the current leads or lags the
applied voltage.
[Answer: (a) 194 V, (b) current leads the voltage by 49.9o]

9. A series AC circuit contains a resistor, an inductor of 150 mH, a capacitor of

5.00 F, and a generator with Vmax = 240 V operating at 50.0 Hz. The maximum
current in the circuit is 100 mA. Determine the
(i) inductive reactance,
(ii) capacitive reactance,
(iii) impedance,
(iv) resistance in the circuit,
(v) phase angle between current and the generator voltage. (Dec12/13)
[Answer: (i) 47.1 , (ii) 637 , (iii) 2.4 k, (iv) 2.33 k, (v) -14.2o]

10. A 50.0- resistor, a 0.100-H inductor, and a 10.0-F capacitor are connected in
series to a 60.0-Hz source. The rms current in the circuit is 2.75 A.
Find the rms voltages across:
(a) the resistor,
(b) the inductor,
(c) the capacitor, and
(d) the RLC combination.
(e) Sketch the phasor diagram for this circuit.
[Answer: (a) 138 V, (b) 104 V, (c) 729 V, (d) 641 V]

11. An AC voltage with amplitude of 100 V is applied to a series combination of a

200-F capacitor, a 100-mH inductor, and a 20.0- resistor. Calculate the
power dissipation and the power factor for frequencies of
(a) 60.0 Hz and
(b) 50.0 Hz. [Answer: (a) 100 W and 0.633, (b) 156 W and
0.790]

12. An RLC circuit is used to tune a radio to an FM station broadcasting at 88.9

MHz. The resistance in the circuit is 12.0 and the capacitance is 1.40 pF.
What inductance should be present in the circuit? [Answer: 2.29 H]

13. A 10.0- resistor, a 10.0-mH inductor, and a 100-F capacitor are connected in
series to a 50.0-V (rms) source having variable frequency. Find the energy
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 delivered to the circuit during one period if the operating frequency is twice
the resonance frequency. [Answer: 0.242 J]
14. A 3500 pF capacitor is connected to a 55.0 H coil of resistance 3.00 . What is the
resonant frequency of this circuit? [Answer: 3.63 105 Hz]

15. The variable capacitor in the tuner of an AM radio has a capacitance of 2800 pF when
the radio is tuned to a station at 580 kHz.
(a) What must be the capacitance for a station at 1600 kHz?
(b) What is the inductance (assumed constant)?
[Answer: (a) 370 pF; (b) 2.7 105 F]

16. An RCL circuit has L = 14.8 mH and R = 4.40 .

(a) What value must C have to produce resonance at 3600 Hz?
(b) What will be the maximum current at resonance if the peak external voltage is
150 V? [Answer: (a) 1.32 107 F; (b) 34.1 A]

17. A 130 mH coil whose resistance is 18.5 is connected to a capacitor C and a 1360
Hz source voltage. If the current and voltage are to be in phase, what value must C
have? [Answer: 1.05 10-7 F]

18. An inductance coil draws 2.5 A dc when connected to a 36 V battery. When connected
to a 60 Hz, 120 V (rms) source, the current drawn is 3.8 A (rms). Determine the
inductance and resistance of the coil. [Answer: 7.455 102 H]

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