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a. All resulting values shall be rounded off to the nearest thousandths.
b. Show the complete solution.
SOLVE THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM.
1. A coil consists of 2500 turns of copper wire
having a cross-sectional area of 0.8 mm2. The
mean length per turn is 80 cm and the resistivity
of copper is 0.02 -m. Find the resistance of
the coil.
2. A piece of silver wire has a resistance of 1 ohm.
What will be the resistance of unknown wire of
one-third the length and one-fourth the diameter
if the specific resistance of unknown wire is 30
times that of silver?
3. Calculate the resistance of 1 km. long cable
composed of 19 strands of similar copper
conductors, each strand being 1.32 mm in
diameter. Allow 5% increase in length for the
lay (twist) of each strand in completed cable.
Resistivity of copper may be taken as 1.72 x 10-8
ohm-meter.
4. The resistivity of a ferric-chromium-aluminum
alloy is 51 x 10-5 -m. A sheet of the material is
18 cm long, 6 cm wide and 0.014 cm thick.
Determine the resistance between (a) opposite
ends and (b) opposite sides.
5. A rectangular carbon black has dimensions 1.0
cm x 1.0 cm x 60 cm. (i) What is the resistance
measured between the two square ends? (ii)
What is the resistance between two opposing
rectangular faces? Resistivity of carbon at 20C
is 3.5 x 10-5 -m.
6. If a current of 5 A flows for 2 minutes, find the
quantity of electricity transferred.
7. A portable machine requires a force of 200 N to
move it. How much work is done if the machine
is moved 20 m and what average power is
utilized if the movement takes 25 s?
8. A mass of 1000 kg is raised through a height of
10 m in 20 s. What is (a) the work done and (b)
the power developed?
9. Find the conductance of a conductor of
resistance
(a) 10 , (b) 5 k and (c) 100 m.
10. A source e.m.f. of 5 V supplies a current of 3 A
for 10 minutes. How much energy is provided in
this time?
11. An electric heater consumes 1.8 MJ when
connected to a 250 V supply for 30 minutes.
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Find the power rating of the heater and the
current taken from the supply.
12. What force is required to give a mass of 20 kg an
acceleration of 30 m/s2?
13. Find the accelerating force when a car having a
mass of 1.7 Mg increases its speed with a
constant acceleration of 3 m/s2.
14. A force of 40 N accelerates a mass at 5 m/s2.
Determine the mass.
15. Determine the force acting downwards on a mass
of 1500 g suspended on a string.
16. A force of 4 N moves an object 200 cm in the
direction of the force. What amount of work is
done?
17. A force of 2.5 kN is required to lift a load. How
much work is done if the load is lifted through
500 cm?
18. An electromagnet exerts a force of 12 N and
moves a soft iron armature through a distance of
1.5 cm in 40 ms. Find the power consumed.
19. How long must a current of 0.1 A flow so as to
transfer a charge of 30 C?
20. Find the conductance of a resistor of resistance
(a) 10 (b) 2 k (c) 2 m
21. A conductor has a conductance of 50 S. What is
its resistance?
22. An e.m.f. of 250 V is connected across a
resistance and the current flowing through the
resistance is 4A. What is the power developed?
23. 450 J of energy are converted into heat in 1
minute. What power is dissipated? 17 A current
of 10 A flows through a conductor and 10 W is
dissipated. What p.d. exists across the ends of
the conductor?
24. A battery of e.m.f. 12 V supplies a current of 5 A
for 2 minutes. How much energy is supplied in
this time?
25. A dc electric motor consumes 36 MJ when
connected to a 250 V supply for 1 hour. Find the
power rating of the motor and the current taken
from the supply.
26. What current must flow if 0.24 coulombs is to be
transferred in 15 ms?
27. If a current of 10 A flows for four minutes, find
the quantity of electricity transferred.

28. The current flowing through a resistor is 0.8 A
when a p.d. of 20 V is applied. Determine the
value of the resistance.
29. Determine the p.d. which must be applied to a 2
k resistor in order that a current of 10 mA may
flow.
30. A coil has a current of 50 mA flowing through it
when the applied voltage is 12 V. What is the
resistance of the coil?
31. A 100 V battery is connected across a resistor
and causes a current of 5 mA to flow. Determine
the resistance of the resistor. If the voltage is
now reduced to 25 V, what will be the new value
of the current flowing?
32. What is the resistance of a coil which draws a
current of (a) 50 mA and (b) 200 A from a 120
V supply?
33. A 100 W electric light bulb is connected to a 250
V supply. Determine (a) the current flowing in
the bulb, and (b) the resistance of the bulb.
34. Calculate the power dissipated when a current of
4 mA flows through a resistance of 5 k.
35. An electric kettle has a resistance of 30. What
current will flow when it is connected to a 240 V
supply? Find also the power rating of the kettle.
36. A current of 5 A flows in the winding of an
electric motor, the resistance of the winding
being 100. Determine (a) the p.d. across the
winding, and (b) the power dissipated by the
coil.
37. The current/voltage relationship for two resistors
A and B is as shown in Figure below. Determine
the value of the resistance of each resistor.
38. The hot resistance of a 240 V filament lamp is
960. Find the current taken by the lamp and its
power rating.
39. A 12 V battery is connected across a load having
a resistance of 40. Determine the current
flowing in the load, the power consumed and the
energy dissipated in 2 minutes.
40. A source of e.m.f. of 15 V supplies a current of 2
A for six minutes. How much energy is provided
in this time?
41. Electrical equipment in an office takes a current
of 13 A from a 240 V supply. Estimate the cost
per week of electricity if the equipment is used
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for 30 hours each week and 1 kWh of energy
costs Php 7.00.
42. An electric heater consumes 3.6 MJ when
connected to a 250 V supply for 40 minutes.
Find the power rating of the heater and the
current taken from the supply.
43. Determine the power dissipated by the element
of an electric fire of resistance 20 when a
current of 10 A flows through it. If the fire is on
for 6 hours determine the energy used and the
cost if 1 unit of electricity costs Php 7.00.
44. A business uses two 3 kW fires for an average of
20 hours each per week, and six 150 W lights for
30 hours each per week. If the cost of electricity
is Php 7.00 per unit, determine the weekly cost
of electricity to the business.
45. If 5 A, 10 A and 13 A fuses are available, state
which is most appropriate for the following
appliances which are both connected to a 240 V
supply (a) Electric toaster having a power rating
of 1 kW (b) Electric fire having a power rating of
3 kW
46. The current flowing through a heating element is
5 A when a p.d. of 35 V is applied across it. Find
the resistance of the element.
47. 5 A 60 W electric light bulb is connected to a
240 V supply. Determine (a) the current flowing
in the bulb and (b) the resistance of the bulb.
48. Determine the p.d. which must be applied to a 5
k resistor such that a current of 6 mA may flow.
49. The resistance of a 5 m length of wire is 600.
Determine (a) the resistance of an 8 m length of
the same wire, and (b) the length of the same
wire when the resistance is 420.
50. A piece of wire of cross-sectional area 2 mm2
has a resistance of 300. Find (a) the resistance
of a wire of the same length and material if the
cross-sectional area is 5 mm2, (b) the cross-
sectional area of a wire of the same length and
material of resistance 750
51. A wire of length 8 m and cross-sectional area 3
mm2 has a resistance of 0.16. If the wire is
drawn out until its cross-sectional area is 1 mm2,
determine the resistance of the wire.
52. Calculate the resistance of a 2 km length of
aluminum overhead power cable if the cross-
sectional area of the cable is 100 mm2. Take the
resistivity of aluminum to be 0.03 x 10-6 m.
53. Calculate the cross-sectional area, in mm2, of a
piece of copper wire, 40 m in length and having
a resistance of 0.25. Take the resistivity of
copper as 0.02 x 10-6 m.
54. The resistance of 1.5 km of wire of cross-
sectional area 0.17 mm2 is 150. Determine the
resistivity of the wire.

55. Determine the resistance of 1200 m of copper
cable having a diameter of 12 mm if the
resistivity of copper is 1.7 x 10-8 m.
56. A coil of copper wire has a resistance of 100
when its temperature is 0C. Determine its
resistance at 70C if the temperature coefficient
of resistance of copper at 0C is 0.0043/C.
57. An aluminum cable has a resistance of 27 at a
temperature of 35C. Determine its resistance at
0C. Take the temperature coefficient of
resistance at 0C to be 0.0038/C.
58. A carbon resistor has a resistance of 1 k at 0C.
Determine its resistance at 80C. Assume that
the temperature coefficient of resistance for
carbon at 0C is -0.0005/C.
59. A coil of copper wire has a resistance of 10 at
20C. If the temperature coefficient of resistance
of copper at 20C is 0.004/C, determine the
resistance of the coil when the temperature rises
to 100C.
60. The resistance of a coil of aluminum wire at
18C is 200. The temperature of the wire is
increased and the resistance rises to 240. If the
temperature coefficient of resistance of
aluminum is 0.0039/C at 18C determine the
temperature to which the coil has risen.
61. Some copper wire has a resistance of 200 at
20C. A current is passed through the wire and
the temperature rises to 90C, determine the
resistance of the wire at 90C, correct to the
nearest ohm, assuming that the temperature
coefficient of resistance is 0.004/C at 0C.
62. The resistance of a 2 m length of cable is 2.5.
Determine (a) the resistance of a 7 m length of
the same cable and (b) the length of the same
wire when the resistance is 6.25.
63. Some wire of cross-sectional area 1 mm2 has a
resistance of 20. Determine (a) the resistance
of a wire of the same length and material if the
cross-sectional area is 4 mm2, and (b) the cross-
sectional area of a wire of the same length and
material if the resistance is 32.
64. Some wire of length 5 m and cross-sectional area
2 mm2 has a resistance of 0.08. If the wire is
drawn out until its cross-sectional area is 1 mm2,
determine the resistance of the wire.
65. Find the resistance of 800 m of copper cable of
cross-sectional area 20 mm2. Take the resistivity
of copper as 0.02 m.
66. Calculate the cross-sectional area, in mm2, of a
piece of aluminum wire 100 m long and having a
resistance of 2. Take the resistivity of
aluminum as 0.03 x 10-6 m.
67. (a) What does the resistivity of a material mean?
(b) The resistance of 500 m of wire of cross-
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sectional area 2.6 mm2 is 5. Determine the
resistivity of the wire in m.
68. Find the resistance of 1 km of copper cable
having a diameter of 10 mm if the resistivity of
copper is 0.017 x 10-6 m.
69. A coil of aluminum wire has a resistance of 50
when its temperature is 0C. Determine its
resistance at 100C if the temperature coefficient
of resistance of aluminum at 0C is 0.0038/C.
70. A copper cable has a resistance of 30 at a
temperature of 50C. Determine its resistance at
0C. Take the temperature coefficient of
resistance of copper at 0C as 0.0043/C.
71. The temperature coefficient of resistance for
carbon at 0C is -0.00048/C. What is the
significance of the minus sign? A carbon resistor
has a resistance of 500 at 0C. Determine its
resistance at 50C.
72. A coil of copper wire has a resistance of 20 at
18C. If the temperature coefficient of resistance
of copper at 18C is 0.004/C, determine the
resistance of the coil when the temperature rises
to 98C.
73. The resistance of a coil of nickel wire at 20C is
100. The temperature of the wire is increased
and the resistance rises to 130. If the
temperature coefficient of resistance of nickel is
0.006/C at 20C, determine the temperature to
which the coil has risen.
74. Some aluminum wire has a resistance of 50 at
20C. The wire is heated to a temperature of
100C. Determine the resistance of the wire at
100C, assuming that the temperature coefficient
of resistance at 0C is 0.004/C.
75. A copper cable is 1.2 km long and has a cross-
sectional area of 5 mm2. Find its resistance at
80C if at 20C the resistivity of copper is 0.02 x
10-6 m and its temperature coefficient of
resistance is 0.004/C.