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SAMPLE PROBLEMS FOR DC CIRCUITS 13. A resistor in series with an 8-Ω resistorand
absorbs 100 W when the two are connected
1. How much current flows through a wire if
across a 60-V line. Find the unknown resistance.
7.488x1019 electrons pass a given point every
minute? 1 Two
Page14. of 2 lamps are connected in series across a
voltage source of 220volts. Lamp A has a rating
2. How much voltage is required to cause a current
of 100-watts, 110-volts, while lamp B has a rating
of 500 mA to flow for 2 minutes if the work done
of 50-W, 110-volts. If the resistances of the lamps
to move the electron is 3 kJ?
are taken as constants, determine the voltage drop
3. The current in a conductor varies as follows: during
across lamp A.
the first 8 sec there is a linear change from zero 15. A resistor having a rating of 220-volts, 75-watts
to 4 amp; during the next 15 sec the current is
is to be connected to a 110-volts source. Calculate
constant at 4 amp; during a third period of 20 sec
the power it will draw if this resistor is connected
the current decreases linearly to 3 amp. Determine
to a voltage source of 110-volts.
the average current.
16. Consider the circuit below. Write the mesh current
4. An electric heater rated 110-volts, takes 1000-
equations using matrix form.
watts to boil 1 liter of water. Calculate the time in
minutes required to raise the temperature of the
water from 20oC to boiling. The heater has an
overall efficiency of 95%.
5. 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 of the twist
of each strand in complete cable. Resistivity of
copper may be taken as 1.72x10-8Ω•m. 17. Using Mesh Analysis, determine the currents I1 , I2,
6. The resistivity of a certain conductor in SI is and I3 .
0.46µ Ω-m. Determine its resistivity in Ω·cmil/ft.
7. What is the size in square millimeters is the cable
of 250 MCMA 2-meter wire of has a diameter of 3
cm is stretched until its resistance is 50 times
the initial resistance. Calculate the new length and
diameter. size?
8. A 100-m conductor has a cross-sectional area of
2 mm2, having a resistance of 15- Ω. Calculate its 18. In the circuit shown, determine the voltage v
conductivity. across the 25-ohm resistor.
9. The resistance of a wire is 126.46 ohms at 100°C
and 100 ohms at 30°C. Determine the coefficient
of the wire at 0°C.
10. A storage battery has an open-circuit voltage E of
12 volts and has an internal resistance RB of 0.1
Ω. Calculate the terminal voltage V T if the load
current I L is 20 A.
11. A 12-Ω resistor is connected in parallel with a 19. Using Nodal Analysis, determine the voltage V2 at
series combination of resistors of 8 and 16 Ω . If node 2.
the drop across the 8-Ω resistor is 48V, determine
the total impressed emf.
12. A parallel combination of 5ohm and 20-ohm
resistors is connected in series with a variable
resistor and to a 50-volt source. To what ohmic
value will the variable resistor be set when the
power in the 5-ohm resistor is 20 watts? 20. A circuit consists of three resistors rated 3-Ω , 4-Ω
and 5-Ω connected in parallel. If the circuit is
connected to a 12-V battery which has an internal

resistance of 0.2-Ω , what would be the current transferred to it. Also calculate the maximum
through the 4-Ω resistor? power transferred to this resistor.
21. Solve the current through RL using Superposition 28. A circuit has five branches in parallel. First and
theorem. second branch: 15-V battery in series with 6-Ω
resistance. Third and fourth branch: 10-V battery
in series with 4-Ω resistance. Fifth branch: 3.6-Ω
resistance. Determine the current flowing in the
fifth branch.
29. Six equal resistors each of 4 ohms with wye inside
a delta. What is the resistance between any two
corners?
30. Twelve similar wires each of resistance 2 ohms are
22. A 5-volt dc source in parallel with a 5-amp current arranged to form the edge of a cube. Find the
source serves a common load of 1-ohm. resistance between the two corners of the same
Determine the power in the load. edge.
23. By using the method of source transformation,
solve for the current through RL.

24. In the figure shown, determine the reading of the

voltmeter V.

25. By using Thevenin's Theorem, solve for the current

through R L.

26. Solve the current through RL using Norton's

theorem.

27. For the given circuit shown below, determine the

value of RL that will result in maximum power

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