Exam 25: Electric Current and Direct-Current Circuits

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A galvanometer has an internal resistance of 200 Ω\Omega and requires a current of 5.0 mA for full-scale deflection.What resistance should be connected in parallel with this galvanometer to make an ammeter that reads 10 A at full-scale deflection?

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You connect two similar heating coils in series on a constant-voltage line.When you later connect them in parallel to the same line,the heat developed per minute,compared with the former rate,is approximately

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If 4.7 ×\times 1016 electrons pass a particular point in a wire every second,what is the current in the wire?

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A wire of length L and resistance R is now drawn out by pulling such that its new length is 1.5L.What is its new resistance? (Assume the density remains constant.)

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For copper, ρ\rho = 8.93 g/cm3 and M = 63.5 g/mol.Assuming one free electron per copper atom,what is the drift velocity of electrons in a copper wire of radius 0.625 mm carrying a current of 3 A?

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An electric generator supplies power as a function of time according to the expression An electric generator supplies power as a function of time according to the expression   where the units are SI.The electric energy provided by the generator between t = 0 and t = 1 s is where the units are SI.The electric energy provided by the generator between t = 0 and t = 1 s is

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For copper, ρ\rho = 8.93 g/cm3 and M = 63.5 g/mol.Assuming one free electron per copper atom,what is the drift velocity of electrons in a copper wire of radius 0.435 mm carrying a current of 5 A?

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A wire of length L and resistance R is cut into 4 equal pieces.If the 4 pieces are now twisted together to make a wire of length L/4,what is the new resistance of the shorter wire combination?

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A current of 0.50 A passes through a lamp with a resistance of 600 Ω\Omega .The power supplied to this lamp is

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An immersion heater of negligible mass draws a current of 7.5 A from a source with a potential difference of 120 V.The heater is in 0.950 m3 of water.The initial temperature of the water is 12.5ºC.How much time does it take to increase the temperature of the water to 27.5ºC? Neglect any heat loss.One calorie is equivalent to 4.18 J.

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You leave your 120-W light bulb on in your room by mistake while you are at school for 8.5 hours.If the price of electrical energy is $0.085 per kilowatt-hour,how much did it cost you?

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Use the diagram below for the next problem: Use the diagram below for the next problem:   -The diagram shows the current versus voltage for a diode.The region which has the least resistance is -The diagram shows the current versus voltage for a diode.The region which has the least resistance is

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A sensitive galvanometer has a resistance of 180 Ω\Omega and requires 2.4 μ\mu A of current to produce a full-scale deflection.The shunt resistance needed to construct an ammeter that gives full-scale deflection for a current of 1.0 mA is approximately

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A wire 10 m long with a diameter of 1.0 mm has a resistance of 5.0 Ω\Omega .The resistance of a second wire made of the same material,but 3.0 m long with a diameter of 4.0 mm,is approximately

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Two resistors R1 and R2 are connected in parallel,and this combination is connected in series with a third resistor R3.If R1 = 5.0 Ω\Omega ,R2 = 2.0 Ω\Omega ,and R3 = 6.0 Ω\Omega ,what is the equivalent resistance of this combination?

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An energy efficient light bulb uses 15 W of power for an equivalent light output of a 60 W incandescent light bulb.How much energy is saved each month by using the energy efficient light bulb instead of the incandescent light bulb for 4 hours a day? Assume that there are 30 days in one month.

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Wire A,which is of the same material and cross-sectional area as wire B,is twice as long as wire B.If the resistance of wire B is R,what is the resistance of wire A?

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Doubling the capacitance in an RC circuit

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Use the following figures to answer the next problem.  Use the following figures to answer the next problem.   -An uncharged capacitor and a resistor are connected in series to a battery as shown. If  \varepsilon  = 15 V,C = 20  \mu F,and R = 4.0  \times  10<sup>5</sup>  \Omega ,the maximum charge on the capacitor is approximately -An uncharged capacitor and a resistor are connected in series to a battery as shown. If ε\varepsilon = 15 V,C = 20 μ\mu F,and R = 4.0 ×\times 105 Ω\Omega ,the maximum charge on the capacitor is approximately

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In a certain particle accelerator,a current of 300 μ\mu A is carried by a 4.00-MeV proton beam that has a radius of 1.30 mm.The mass of a proton is 1.67 ×\times 10-27 kg.What is the number of protons per unit volume in this beam?

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