CIRCUITS WORKSHEET

1. Determine the equivalent (total) resistance for each of the following circuits below.

2. Determine the total voltage (electric potential) for each of the following circuits below.

3. Fill out the table for the circuit diagramed at the right.

Circuit
Voltage (V) Current (A) Resistance (Ω)
Position
1 10.0
2 20.0
3 30.0
Total 6.00

4. Fill out the table for the circuit diagramed at the right.

Circuit
Voltage (V) Current (A) Resistance (Ω)
Position
1 10.0
2 20.0
3 30.0
Total 6.00

5. Fill out the table for the circuit diagramed at the right.

Circuit
Voltage (V) Current (A) Resistance (Ω)
Position
1 10.0
2 20.0
3 30.0
Total 6.00

Questions 6 and 7 refer to the following:

The diagram to the right represents an electric
circuit consisting of four resistors and a 12-volt
battery.
 6) What is the equivalent resistance of the circuit shown?

7) What is the current measured by ammeter A shown in the diagram?

8) A 6.0-ohm lamp requires 0.25 ampere of current to operate. In which circuit below would the lamp operate
correctly when switch S is closed?

Questions 9 and 10 refer to the following:

A 50.-ohm resistor, an unknown resistor R, a 120-volt source, and an ammeter are connected in a complete
circuit. The ammeter reads 0.50 ampere.

9) Calculate the equivalent resistance of the circuit shown.

10) Determine the resistance of resistor R shown in the diagram.

Questions 11 through 13 refer to the following:

A 3.0-ohm resistor, an unknown resistor, R, and two ammeters, A1 and A2, are connected as shown below with a
12-volt source. Ammeter A2 reads a current of 5.0 amperes.

11) Determine the equivalent resistance of the circuit shown.

12) Calculate the current measured by ammeter A1 in the diagram shown.

13) Calculate the resistance of the unknown resistor, R in the diagram shown.

14. The load across a 50.0-V battery consists of a Determine the current. Will the fuse melt if the
series combination of two lamps with resistances of microwave and the coffeemaker are both on?
125 and 225 .
a. Find the total resistance of the circuit.
b. Find the current in the circuit. 22. A 35-, 55-, and 85-resistor are
c. Find the potential difference across the connected in parallel. The resistors are then
125-lamp. connected to a 35-V battery.
a. What is the equivalent resistance of the
15. The load across a 12-V battery consists of a parallel combination?
series combination of three resistances are 15 , b. What is the current through each resistor?
21 , and 24 , respectively.
a. Draw the circuit diagram. 23. Resistors R1, R2, and R3 have resistances of
b. What is the total resistance of the load? 15.0 , 9.0 , and 8.0 respectively. R1 and R2
c. What is the magnitude of the circuit current? are connected in series, and their combination is in
parallel with R3 to form a load across a 6.0-V
16. The load across a 40-V battery consists of a battery.
series combination of three resistances R1, R2, and a. Draw the circuit diagram.
R3. R1 is 240 and R3 is 120 . The potential b. What is the total resistance of the load?
difference across R1 is 24 V. c. What is the current in R3?
a. Find the current in the circuit. d. What is the potential difference across R2?
b. Find the equivalent resistance of the circuit.
c. Find the resistance of R2. 24. A 15.0-resistor is connected in series to a
120-V generator and two 10.0- resistors that are
17. The load across a 12-V battery consists of a connected in parallel to each other.
series combination of three resistances R1, R2, and a. Draw the circuit diagram.
R3. R1 is 210 , R2 is 350 , and R3 is 120 . b. What is the total resistance of the load?
a. Find the equivalent resistance of the circuit. c. What is the magnitude of the circuit current?
b. Find the current in the circuit. d. What is the current in one of the
c. Find the potential difference across R3. 10.0-resistors?
e. What is the potential difference across the
18. Two resistances, one 12 and the other 18 , 15.0-resistor?
are connected in parallel. What is the equivalent
resistance of the parallel combination? Answers
1a) 1.2  1b) 7  1c) 14 
19. Three resistances of 12  each are connected 2a) 13 V 2b) 12 V 6) 3.0 
in parallel. What is the equivalent resistance? 7) 2.0 A 8) C 9) 240 
10) 190  11) 2.4  12) 4.0 A
20. Two resistances, one 62 and the other 88 , 13) 12  14a) 350.  14b) 0.143 A
are connected in parallel. The resistors are then 14c) 17.9 V 15b) 60.  15c) 0.20 A
connected to a 12-V battery. 16a) 0.10 A 16b) 400  16c) 40. 
a. What is the equivalent resistance of the 17a) 680  17b) 0.018 A 17c) 2.2 V
parallel combination? 18) 7.2  19) 4.0  20a) 36 
b. What is the current through each resistor?
20b) I62 = 0.19 A; I88 = 0.14 A
21) I = 23.6 A so fuse will melt 22a) 17 
21. A 110-V household circuit that contains an
1800-W microwave, a 1000-W toaster, and an 22b) I35 = 1.0 A; I55 = 0.64 A; I85 = 0.41 A
800-W coffeemaker is connected to a 20-A fuse. 23b) 6.0  23c) 0.75 A 23d) 2.3 V
24b) 20.0  24c) 6.0 A 24d) 3.0 A
24e) 90. V