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Chapter 18, Problem 12CQ
A ski resort consists of a few chairlifts and several interconnected downhill runs on the side of a mountain, with a lodge at the bottom. The lifts are analogous to batteries, and the runs are analogous to resistors. Describe how two runs can be in series. Describe how three runs can be in parallel. Sketch a junction of one lift and two runs. One of the skiers is carrying an altimeter. State Kirchhoff’s junction rule and Kirchhoff’s loop rule for ski resorts.
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A ski resort consists of a few chairlifts and several interconnected downhill runs on the side of a mountain, with a lodge at the bottom. The lifts are analogous to batteries, and the runs are analogous to resistors. Describe how two runs can be in series. Describe how three runs can be in parallel. Sketch a junction of one lift and two runs. One of the skiers is carrying an altimeter. State Kirchhoff’s junction rule and Kirchhoff’s loop rule for ski resorts.
The switch in the figure has been closed for a very long time. (Figure 1).
a) What is the charge on the capacitor? Express your answer in microcoulombs.
b)The switch is opened at t=0s . At what time has the charge on the capacitor decreased to 10% of its initial value? Express your answer in milliseconds.
Shown in the figure below is an electrical circuit containing three resistors and two batteries.Write down the Kirchhoff Junction equation and solve it for I1 in terms of I2 and I3. Write the result here:I1 =
I2−I3
Write down the Kirchhoff Loop equation for a loop that starts at the lower left corner and follows the perimeter of the circuit diagram clockwise.0 =
I3R3+10−I1R1+4
Write down the Kirchhoff Loop equation for a loop that starts at the lower left corner and touches the components 4V, R2, and R1.0 =
−I2R2−I1R1+4
The resistors in the circuit have the following values:
R1 = 3 Ω
R2 = 5 Ω
R3 = 11 Ω
Solve for all the following (some answers may be negative):I1 = AmperesI2 = AmperesI3 = Amperes
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