College Physics1st EditionPaul Peter Urone, OpenStax, Roger Hinrichs Publisher: OpenStaxISBN: 9781938168048
College Physics
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Problem 1CQ:
A switch has a variable resistance that is nearly zero when closed and extremely large when open,...Problem 3CQ:
There is a voltage across an open switch, such as in Figure 21.43. Why, then, is the power...Problem 5CQ:
A student in a physics lab mistakenly wired a light bulb, battery, and switch as shown in Figure...Problem 6CQ:
Knowing that the severity of a shock depends on the magnitude of the current through your body,...Problem 7CQ:
Would your headlights dim when you start your car's engine if the wires in your automobile were...Problem 8CQ:
Some strings of holiday lights are wired in series to save wiring costs. An old version utilized...Problem 9CQ:
If two household lightbulbs rated 60 W and 100 W are connected in series to household power, which...Problem 10CQ:
Suppose you are doing a physics lab that asks you to put a resistor into a circuit, but all the...Problem 11CQ:
Before World War II, some radios got power through a “resistance cord" that had a significant...Problem 12CQ:
Some light bulbs have three power settings (not including zero), obtained from multiple filaments...Problem 14CQ:
Explain which battery is doing the charging and which is being charged in Figure 21.45.Problem 15CQ:
Given a battery, an assortment of resistors, and a variety of voltage and current measuring devices,...Problem 16CQ:
Two different 12-V automobile batteries on a store shelf are rated at 600 and 850 “cold cranking...Problem 17CQ:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of connecting batteries in series? In parallel?Problem 18CQ:
Semitractor trucks use four large 12-V batteries. The starter system requires 24 V, while normal...Problem 19CQ:
Call all of the currents going into the junction in Figure 21.46 be positive? Explain.Problem 20CQ:
Apply the junction rule to junction b in Figure 21.47. Is any new information gained by applying the...Problem 21CQ:
(a) What is the potential difference going from point a to point b in Figure 21.47? (b) What is the...Problem 22CQ:
Apply the loop rule to loop afedcba in Figure 21.47.Problem 24CQ:
Why should you not connect an ammeter directly across a voltage source as shown in Figure 21.48?...Problem 25CQ:
Suppose you are using a multimeter (one designed to measure a range of voltages, currents, and...Problem 26CQ:
Specify the points to which you could connect a voltmeter to measure the following potential...Problem 27CQ:
To measure currents in Figure 21.49, you would replace a wire between two points with an ammeter....Problem 28CQ:
Why can a null measurement be more accurate than one using standard voltmeters and ammeters? What...Problem 29CQ:
If a potentiometer is used to measure cell emfs on the order of a few volts, why is it most accurate...Problem 30CQ:
Regarding the units involved in the relationship t = RC, verify that the units of resistance times...Problem 31CQ:
The RC time constant in heart defibrillation is crucial to limiting the time the current flows. If...Problem 32CQ:
When making an ECG measurement, it is important to measure voltage variations over small time...Problem 33CQ:
Draw two graphs of charge versus time on a capacitor. Draw one for charging an initially uncharged...Problem 34CQ:
When charging a capacitor, as discussed in conjunction with Figure 21.38, how long does it take for...Problem 35CQ:
When discharging a capacitor, as discussed in conjunction with Figure 21.39, how long does it take...Problem 36CQ:
Referring to Figure 21.38, draw a graph of potential difference across the resistor versus time,...Problem 37CQ:
A long, inexpensive extension cord is connected from inside the house to a refrigerator outside. The...Problem 38CQ:
In Figure 21.41. does the graph indicate the time constant is shorter for discharging than for...Problem 39CQ:
An electronic apparatus may have large capacitors at high voltage in the power supply section,...Problem 2PE:
(a) What is the resistance of a 1.00 102-O, a 2.50-k O, and a 4.00-kresistor connected in series?...Problem 3PE:
What are the largest and smallest resistances you can obtain by connecting a 36.0-O, a 50.0-O, and a...Problem 4PE:
An 1800-W toaster, a 1400-W electric frying pan, and a 75-W lamp are plugged into the same outlet in...Problem 5PE:
Your car’s 30.0-W headlight and 2.40-kW starter are ordinarily connected in parallel in a 12.0-V...Problem 6PE:
(a) Given a48.0-V battery and 24.0-O and 96.0-O resistors, find the current and power for each when...Problem 7PE:
Referring to the example combining series and parallel circuits and Figure 21.6, calculate I3in the...Problem 8PE:
Referring to Figure 21.6: (a) Calculate P3 and note how it this module. (b) Find the total power...Problem 9PE:
Refer to Figure 21.7 and the discussion of lights dimming when a heavy appliance comes on. (a) Given...Problem 10PE:
A 240-kV power transmission line carrying 5.00x102. A is hung from grounded metal towers by ceramic...Problem 11PE:
Show that if two resistors R1and R2are combined and one is much greater than the other (R 1 >>R 2 ):...Problem 12PE:
Unreasonable Results Two resistors, one having a resistance of 145 , are connected in parallel to...Problem 13PE:
Unreasonable Results Two resistors, one having a resistance of 900 k, are connected in series to...Problem 14PE:
Standard automobile batteries have six lead-acid cells in series, creating a total emf of 12.0 V....Problem 15PE:
Car bon-zinc dry cells (sometimes referred to as non- alkaline cells) have an emf of 1.54 V, and...Problem 16PE:
What is the output voltage of a 3.0000-V lithium cell in a digital wristwatch that draws 0.300 mA,...Problem 17PE:
(a) What is the terminal voltage of a large 1.54-V carbon-zinc dry cell used in a physics lab to...Problem 18PE:
What is the internal resistance of an automobile battery that has an emf of 12.0 V and a terminal...Problem 19PE:
(a) Find the terminal voltage of a 12.0-V motorcycle battery having a 0.600- internal resistance,...Problem 20PE:
A car battery with a 12-V emf and an internal resistance of 0.050 is being charged with a current...Problem 21PE:
The hot resistance of a flashlight bulb is 2.30 , and it is run by a 1.58-V alkaline cell having a...Problem 22PE:
The label or a portable radio recommends the use of rechargeable nickel-cadmium cells (nicads),...Problem 23PE:
An automobile starter motor has an equivalent resistance of 0.0500 and is supplied by a 12.0-V...Problem 24PE:
A child’s electronic toy is supplied by three 1.58-V alkaline cells having internal resistances of...Problem 25PE:
(a) What is the internal resistance of a voltage source if its terminal voltage drops by 2.00 V when...Problem 26PE:
A person with body resistance between his hands of 1.00 k accidentally grasps the terminals of a...Problem 27PE:
Electric fish generate current with biological cells called electroplaques, which are physiological...Problem 28PE:
Integrated Concepts A 12.0-V emf automobile battery has a terminal voltage of 16.0 V when being...Problem 29PE:
Unreasonable Results A 1.58-V alkaline cell with a 0.200- internal resistance is supplying 8.50 A...Problem 30PE:
Unreasonable Results (a) What is the internal resistance of a 1.54-V dry cell that supplies 1.00 W...Problem 31PE:
Apply the loop rule to loop abcdefgha in Figure 21.25Problem 32PE:
Apply the loop rule to loop aedcba in Figure 21.25.Problem 33PE:
Verify the second equation in Example 21.5 by substituting the values found for the currents I1 and...Problem 34PE:
Verify the third equation in Example 21.5 by substituting the values found for the currents I1 and...Problem 35PE:
Apply the junction rule at point a in Figure 21.52.Problem 36PE:
Apply the loop rule to loop abcdefghija in Figure 21.52.Problem 37PE:
Apply the loop rule to loop akledcba in Figure 21.52.Problem 38PE:
Find the currents flowing in the circuit in Figure 21.52. Explicitly show how you follow the steps...Problem 39PE:
Solve Example 21.5, but use loop abcdefgha instead of loop akledcba. Explicitly show how you follow...Problem 41PE:
Unreasonable Results Consider the circuit in Figure 21.53, and suppose that the emfs are unknown and...Problem 42PE:
What is the sensitivity of the galvanometer (that is, what current gives a full-scale deflection)...Problem 43PE:
What is the sensitivity of the galvanometer (that is, what current gives a full-scale deflection)...Problem 44PE:
Find the resistance that must be placed in series with a 25.0-galvanometer having a 50.0-A...Problem 45PE:
Find the resistance that must be placed in series with a 25.0- galvanometer having a 50.0-A...Problem 46PE:
Find the resistance that must be placed in series with a 25.0- galvanometer having a 50.0-A...Problem 47PE:
Find the resistance that must be placed in paralled with a 25.0- galvanometer having a 50.0A...Problem 48PE:
Find the resistance that must be placed in series with a 10.0- galvanometer having a 100A...Problem 49PE:
Find the resistance that must be placed in parallel with a 10.0 galvanometer having a 100A...Problem 50PE:
Suppose you measure the terminal voltage of a 1.585-V alkaline cell having an internal resistance of...Problem 51PE:
Suppose you measure the terminal voltage of a 3.2G0-V lithium cell having an internal resistance of...Problem 52PE:
A certain ammeter has a resistance of 5.00X10-5 an its 3.00-A scale and contains a 10.0- ...Problem 53PE:
A 1,00-?O voltmeter is placed in parallel with a 75.0kresistor in a circuit, (a) Draw a circuit...Problem 54PE:
A 0.0200- ammeter is placed in series with a 10.00- resistor in a circuit, (a) Draw a circuit...Problem 55PE:
Unreasonable Results Suppose you have a 40.0- galvanometer with a 25.0-A sensitivity, (a) What...Problem 56PE:
Unreasonable Results (a) What resistance would you put in parallel with a 40.0- galvanometer having...Problem 57PE:
What is the emf x of a cell being measured in a potentiometer if the standard cell’s emf is 12.0 V...Problem 58PE:
Calculate the emfx of a dry cell for which a potentiometer is balanced when Rx= 1,200 , while an...Problem 59PE:
When an unknown resistance Rxis placed in a Wheatstone bridge, it is possible to balance the bridge...Problem 60PE:
To what value must you adjust R3to balance a Wheatstone bridge, if the unknown resistance Rxis 100 ...Problem 61PE:
(a) What is the unknown emfx in a potentiometer that balances when Rxis 10.0 O, and balances when...Problem 62PE:
Suppose you want to measure resistances in the range from 10,0 to 10.0 k using a Wheatstone bridge...Problem 63PE:
The timing device in an automobile’s intermittent wiper system is based on an RC time constant and...Problem 64PE:
A heart pacemaker fires 72 times a minute, each time a 25.0 nF capacitor is charged (by a battery in...Problem 65PE:
The duration of a photographic flash is related to an RC time constant, which is 0.100 s for a...Problem 66PE:
A 2.00- and a 7.50-F capacitor can be connected in series or parallel, as can a 25.0- and a 100k...Problem 67PE:
After two time constants, what percentage of the final voltage, emf, is on an initially uncharged...Problem 68PE:
A 500- resistor, an uncharged 1.50-F capacitor and a 6.16-V emf are connected in series, (a) What is...Problem 69PE:
A heart defibrillator being used on a patient has an RC time constant of 10.0 ms due to the...Problem 70PE:
An ECG monitor must have an RC time constant less than 1.00 102 to be able to measure variations in...Problem 71PE:
Figure 21.55 shows how a bleeder resistor is used to discharge a capacitor after an electronic...Problem 72PE:
Using the exact exponential treatment, find how much time is required to discharge a 250-? capacitor...Problem 73PE:
Using the exact exponential treatment, find how much time is required to charge an initially...Problem 74PE:
Integrated Concepts If you wish to take a picture of a bullet traveling at 500 m/s, then a very...Problem 75PE:
Integrated Concepts A flashing lamp in a Christmas earring is based on an RC discharge of a...Problem 76PE:
Integrated Concepts A 160F capacitor charged to 450 V is discharged through a 31.2-k resistor. (a)...Problem 77PE:
Unreasonable Results (a) Calculate the capacitance needed to get an RC time constant of 1,00x103 s...Browse All Chapters of This Textbook
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