[PA] Practice Problems
1. An electric motor is connected to the power supply. Calculate the
current if 7200 C of charge passes through the motor each minute.
2. Calculate the charge passes through the wire each ten minutes
considering current is 0.45 A.
3. Calculate amount of current in the circuit considering each 1-hour
amount of 𝑞 = 3600 𝐶 passes through the circuit.
4. Two identical charges are located 0.005 m apart and feel a 0.10 N
attractive electric force. Calculate the magnitude of each charge.
5. Calculate magnitude of the electrostatic force between two spheres with
charges of +1.5 nC and – 1.5 nC and distance between charges is 0.5
mm. Determine the type of electrostatic force.
6. Determine distance between two + 1pC charges considering the force
between them is 1 N.
7. Calculate the equivalent resistance if two wires with resistances of 1.8
kOm and 2.2 kOm is connected in parallel to power supply. Calculate the
current flow through circuit considering voltage of power supply is 5 V.
Draw the circuit to illustrate this.
8. A laptop adapter and a curling iron have resistances of 270 Ω and 30 Ω,
respectively, and are connected in series. Calculate the voltage of battery
if the current through circuit is 1.5 A.
9. Find the voltage of power supply considering 3.05-cm-diameter and 8
cm long wire is connected to that and 1.25 A of current flows through
this wire.
10. Find the current flows through a 2.98-cm-diameter rod of pure
silicon that is 10.0 cm long, when 1.5kV is applied to it?
11. At room temperature (20°C) a copper wire has a resistance of 34Ω
and temperature coefficient of resistance 0.0039 °C-1. The temperature
of 780 °C is operating temperature for this copper wire. Calculate the
resistance of copper wire at operating temperature. Calculate power
dissipation of this wire if current through it is 5 mA.
12. Determine temperature coefficient for gold considering at 20 °C,
the resistivity of gold is approximately 2.44 × 10-8 ohm-m and at 120 °C
resistivity of gold is approximately 3.3 x 10-8 ohm-m.
13. Your TV has a power rating of 145 watts.
a. If you watch TV for 1 hour, how many kilowatt-hours (kWh) are
used?
b. If Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan charges $0.047/kWh, how
much did it cost to use TV for 1 hour?
14. Iron has a power rating of 1500 Watts.
a. If you use iron for 1.5 hour how many kilowatt-hours (kWh).
b. If Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan charges $0.047/kWh, how
much did it cost to use TV for 1 months?
15. Two batteries of 1.5 V connected in series to power a bulb.
a. Draw the circuit diagram which illustrates this circuit.
b. Find the total voltage across these two batteries.
c. Find the power generated by power supply considering 0.5 mA of
current flows through the bulb.
16. Two batteries of 5 V connected in parallel to power a bulb.
a. Draw the circuit diagram which illustrates this circuit.
b. Find the total voltage across these two batteries.
c. Find the power generated by power supply considering 0.25 mA
of current flows through the bulb.
17. Two resistors with the resistance of 2.7 kOhm and 5.4 kOhm
connected in parallel to the power supply of 9 V.
a. Draw the circuit diagram which illustrates this.
b. Find the equivalent resistance in circuit.
c. Find the current flow through resistance of 5.4 kOhm.
d. Find the power dissipated by these two resistors.
18. Two resistors with the resistance of 2.7 kOhm and 5.4 kOhm
connected in series to the power supply of 9 V.
a. Draw the circuit diagram which illustrates this.
b. Find the equivalent resistance in circuit.
c. Find the current flow through resistance of 5.4 kOhm.
d. Find the power dissipated by these two resistors.
