Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781118539293
Author: J. David Irwin, R. Mark Nelms
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 1, Problem 3P
A lightning bolt carrying 30,000 A lasts for 50 micro-seconds. If the lightning strikes an airplane flying at 20,000 feet, what is the charge deposited on the plane?
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Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis
Ch. 1 - If the current in an electric conductor is 2.4 A,...Ch. 1 - Determine the time interval required for a 12�A...Ch. 1 - A lightning bolt carrying 30,000 A lasts for 50...Ch. 1 - If a 12-V battery delivers 100 J in 5 s, find (a)...Ch. 1 - The current in a conductor is 1.5 A. How many...Ch. 1 - If 60 C of charge pass through an electric...Ch. 1 - Determine the number of coulombs of charge...Ch. 1 - Five coulombs of charge pass through the element...Ch. 1 - The current that enters an element is shown in...Ch. 1 - The charge entering the positive terminal of an...
Ch. 1 - The charge entering the positive terminal of an...Ch. 1 - Prob. 12PCh. 1 - The power absorbed by the BOX in Fig. Pl. 13 is...Ch. 1 - The power absorbed by the BOX in Fig. Pl. 14 is...Ch. 1 - The energy absorbed by the BOX in Fig. P1.15 is...Ch. 1 - The charge that enters the BOX in Fig. P1.16 is...Ch. 1 - The energy absorbed by the BOX in Fig. Pl. 17 is...Ch. 1 - The charge entering the upper terminal of the BOX...Ch. 1 - The energy absorbed by the BOX in Fig. Pl. 19 is...Ch. 1 - Determine the amount of power absorbed or supplied...Ch. 1 - Calculate the power absorbed by element A in Fig....Ch. 1 - Calculate the power supplied by element A in Fig....Ch. 1 - Element A in the diagram in Fig. PI .23 absorbs 30...Ch. 1 - Element B in the diagram in Fig. P1.24 supplies 60...Ch. 1 - Element B in the diagram in Fig. PI .25 supplies...Ch. 1 - Element B in the diagram in Fig. Pl.26 supplies 72...Ch. 1 - (a) In Fig. Pl.27 (a), P1=36W. Is element 2...Ch. 1 - Two elements are connected in series, as shown in...Ch. 1 - Element 2 in Fig. Pl.29 absorbed 32W. Find the...Ch. 1 - Choose Is such that the power absorbed by element...Ch. 1 - Find the power that is absorbed or supplied by the...Ch. 1 - Find the power that is absorbed or supplied by the...Ch. 1 - Compute the power that is absorbed or supplied by...Ch. 1 - Find the power that is absorbed or supplied by...Ch. 1 - Find Ix in the network in Fig. P1.35.Ch. 1 - Prob. 36PCh. 1 - Find the power absorbed or supplied by element 1...Ch. 1 - Find the power absorbed or supplied by element 3...Ch. 1 - Find the power absorbed or supplied by element 1...Ch. 1 - Find Vx in the network in Fig. P1.40 using...Ch. 1 - Find Ix in the circuit in Fig. P1.41 using...Ch. 1 - Is the source Vs in the network in Fig. P1.42...Ch. 1 - Find I0 in the network in Fig. P1.43 using...Ch. 1 - Calculate the power absorbed by each element in...Ch. 1 - Calculate the power absorbed by each element in...Ch. 1 - In the circuit in Fig. P1.46, element 1 absorbs 40...
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