1. How much charge is represented 4.

An energy source forces a

by 4,600 electrons? −7.369 × constant current of 2 A for 10 s to
10−16 C flow through a light bulb. If 2.3 kJ
is given off in the form of light and
Solutions:
heat energy, calculate the voltage
drop across the bulb. 115 V
Solutions:

2. Calculate the amount of charge

represented by two million
protons. +3.204 × 10−13 C
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5. A telephone wire has a current of

20 μ A flowing through it. How
long does it take for a charge of
15 C to pass through the wire?
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3. How many coulombs are

represented by these amounts of
electrons:
(a) 6.48x1017 (b) 1.24x1018 (c)
2.46x1018 (d) 1.628x1020 ..
-0.10384 C, -0.19865 C, -3.941
C, -26.08 C
Solutions: 6. Calculate the current where 10
coulombs of charge pass a point
in 5 seconds.
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7. A VCR that is not playing still 10. If a battery uses 45J of energy
uses 10.0 W of power. What is with a charge of 15C what is the
the current if the VCR is plugged electric potential of the battery? 3
into a 120 V electric outlet? V
Solutions: Solution:

8. If the steady current 2.5 A flows 11. How many joules of energy are
in a wire for 5 minutes, find the released from a 9V battery that
charged passed in any point in has a charge of 25C? 225Joules
the circuit. 750 C Solution:
Solutions:

9. The current in a light bulb is

0.835 A. How long does it take for 12. Calculate the heat produced by
a total charge of 1.67 C to pass a an electric iron, which has a
point in the wire? 2sec. resistance of 30 ohms and takes
a current of 3 amperes when it is
Solution: switched on for 15 seconds. 4050
joules
Solution:
13. Calculate the resistance of a lamp if a voltage of 16. Calculate the current flowing through a wire of
12V causes a current of 3A to flow through the resistance of 8Ω when a voltage of 12V is
lamp. 4 ohms (4Ω) connected to the wire. 1.5A

Solution: Solution:

14. Calculate the resistance of a heater if a voltage 17. A radiator working with 30V potential
of 230V causes a current of 200mA to flow difference has power 180 watt. Find the current
through the heater. 1150 Ω passing through and resistance of the radiator.
6 ampere, 5Ω
Solution: Solution:

15. Calculate the voltage across a resistance of 40Ω 18. A 220 V – 5 A electric lamp is used for 30
when a current of 5A is flowing. 200V minutes. How much energy does it require?
Solution: 1,980 kiloJoule
Solution:
19. If a 40 watt lamp is turned on for one hour, 22. Calculate the cross-sectional area, in 2 mm , of
how many joules of electrical energy have been a piece of aluminum wire 100 m long and
converted by the lamp? having a resistance of 2. Take the resistivity of
Solution: aluminum as 0.03 x 10-6 Ω-m. 1.52 mm2
Solution:

20. A d-c generator has an e.m.f of 200 volts and 23. Find the resistance of 1 km of copper cable
provides a current of 10 amps. How much having a diameter of 10 mm if the resistivity of
energy does it provide each minute? copper 0.017 x 10-6 Ω-m. 0.216 
Solution: Solution:

24. What is the resistance of 1,000 feet of copper

21. Calculate the total DC resistance of a 100 metre wire having a cross-sectional area of 10,400
roll of 2.5mm2 copper wire if the resistivity of circular mils at a temperature of 20°C? 1 Ω
copper at 20oC is 1.72 x 10-8 Ω-m. 0.688 Ohms
Solution:
Solution:
25. A 12-gauge wire has a diameter of 80.81 mils. 28. A length of copper wire (α = 0.004041 at 20o C)
What is (a) its area in circular mils and (b) its has a resistance of 5 ohms at 20 degrees
area in square mils? Celsius. Calculate its resistance if the
temperature were to increase to 50 degrees
Solution:
Celsius.5.606 ohms
Solution:

26. A rectangular conductor is 1.5 inches wide and

0.25 inch thick. What is (a) its area in square
29. If the resistance of a copper wire at freezing
mils and (b) in circular mils? What size of round
(0°C) is 30Ω , what is its resistance at –40°C?
conductor is necessary to carry the same
24.88 ohms
current as the rectangular bar?
Solution:
Solution:

27. We have a copper conductor wire with

resistance = 20 ohms, at a temperature of 10
°C. What will be the new resistance value, if it 30. If the resistance of a copper wire is 50Ω at
rises to 70°C? 24.85 ohms 20°C, what is its resistance at 100°C (boiling
point of water)?65.72 ohms
Solution:
Solution:
31. If the resistance of a copper wire at freezing 34. A copper wire has a diameter of 0.325 in. and a
(0°C) is 30 Ω, what is its resistance at resistance of 0.6 ohm at 20°C. Calculate its
40°C?24.88 Ω length.611.38 ft.
Solution: Solution:

32. If the resistance of an aluminum wire at room 35. What kind of material is used in the armature
temperature (20°C) is 100mΩ, at what on the construction of a 39-ohm rheostat if the
temperature will its resistance increase to wire has a length of 266 ft. and a diameter of
120mΩ? T2=71.2°C 22.6 mils? 75ohm-CM/ft.
Solution: Solution:

36. A coil of copper wire has a resistance of 62

33. An incandescent light bulb has a filament ohms at room temperature of 24°C. (a) What
resistance of 5.7 Ω when at room temperature will be its resistance at 80°C, (b) at -20°C?
(20o C), but draws only 225 mA when powered 75.43 ohms, 51.45 ohms
by a 12 volt DC source. Given that the filament
is made out of tungsten metal, calculate its Solution:
temperature in degrees F when powered by the
12 VDC source.3434 °F
Solution:
37. The diameter of a conductor is 0.064 inch. 40. A copper bus bar has a rectangular cross
What is the area in circular mils? 4096 CM section of dimensions 2 inches by 6 inches.
Determine the cross section area of bus bar in
Solution:
circular mils. 15.2788x106 CM
Solution:

38. A 500 MCM ASCR cable has 37 strands. 41. A bus bar has a cross section of 0.5 inch by 0.6
Determine the diameter of each strand in mils? inch. Determine its cross sectional area in
116.247 mils circular mils. 381,972.86 CM
Solution: Solution:

39. A 400,000 CM cable is compose of 37 strands. 42. The specific resistance of copper used as
What is diameter, in mils, of each strand? 104 electric wires is 10.4 ohm-CM/foot. Find the
mils resistance of 1500 ft. of copper wire whose
Solution: diameter of 0.08 inch. 2.437 ohms
Solution:
43. A standard copper wire is 0.0064 inch in 46. A coil has resistance of 10 ohms at 15°C. Solve
diameter. What is the resistance of 1000 ft. of its resistance at 30°C if the temp. coefficient of
this wire at 20°C. 2. 53 ohms resistance at 0°C is 0005/°C. 10.7 ohms
Solution: Solution:

44. What length ( in cm) of wire of diameter 0.315 47. The copper field winding of an electric machine
mm will be required to construct a coil of has a resistance of 46 ohms at a temp. of
resistance 10 ohms, if the specific resistance of 22°C.What will be its resistance at a temp. of
the wire is 49μ ohm-cm. 159 cm 75°C
Solution: Solution:

45. A copper winding has a resistance of 0.25 ohm 48. An electric press has resistance of 80 ohms
at a temp. of 18°C. Calculate the temp. in the when cold (@ 20°C). When hot the resistance
winding when after a period of operation, the rises to 150 ohms. What temp. is reached if a
resistance increase to 0.31 ohm. 78.6°C constant temp. coefficient of 0.00618 at 0°C is
assumed? 179.084°C
Solution:
Solution:
49. It is found that the resistance of a coil wire 52. A current of 3.2 A flows through a conductor.
increases from 50 ohms tat 15°C to 58 ohms at Calculate how much charge passes through any
55°C. Calculate the temp. coefficient at 0°C of cross-section of the conductor in 20 seconds.
the conductor material.0.00425/°C 64 C
Solution: Solution

50. A given conductor has a resistance of 50 ohms 53. A rechargeable flashlight battery is capable of
when it is temp. is 0°C. Calculate its resistance delivering 85 mA for about 12 h. How much
at 60°C if the temp. coefficient of resistance of
charge can it release at that rate? If its
the material at 0°C is 0.0043/°C. 63 ohms
terminals voltage is 1.2 V, how much energy
Solution: can the battery deliver? 4406.4 J
Solution:

51. The value of resistance temp. coefficient of a 54. A 60-W, incandescent bulb operates at 120 V.
conductor at 25°C is 1/255 per °C. Its value at How many electrons and coulombs flow
20°C will be___. 1/ 250 per °C through the bulb in one day? 2.696x1023
Solution: electrons
Solution:
55. How much energy does a 100-W electric bulb 58. A telephone wire has a current of 20 µA flowing
consume in two hours? 200 W-h through it. How long does it take for a charge of
15 C to pass through the wire? 750x103 hrs
Solution:
Solution:

59. A 12-V battery requires a total charge of 40

56. A stove element draws 15 A when connected to ampere-hours during recharging. How many
a 120-V line. How long does it take to consume joules are supplied to the battery? 1.728 MJ
30 kJ? 16.67 s
Solution:
Solution:

60. A lightning bolt carried a current of 2 kA and

lasted for 3 ms. How many coulombs of charge
57. The voltage across a 1.1 kW toaster that were contained in the lightning bolt? 120 mC
produces a current of 10 A is? Solution:
Solution:
61. A lightning bolt strikes an airplane with 30 kA 64. A utility company charges 8.5 cents/kWh. If a
for 2 ms. How many coulombs of charge are consumer operates a 40-W light bulb
deposited on the plane? 60 C continuously for one day, how much is the
consumer charged? 8.16 cents
Solution:
Solution:

65. A 600-W TV receiver is turned on for 4 hours

62. A lightning bolt carried a current of 2 kA and with nobody watching it. If electricity costs 10
lasted for 3 ms. How many coulombs of charge cents/kWh, how much money is wasted? 24
were contained in the lightning bolt? 6 C cents
Solution: Solution:

63. A 1.8-kW electric heater takes 15 min to boil a 66. A flashlight battery has a rating of 0.8 ampere-
quantity of water. If this is done once a day and hours (Ah) and a lifetime of 10 hours. (a) How
power costs 10 cents per kWh, what is the cost much current can it deliver? (b) How much
of its operation for 30 days? $1.35 power can it give if its terminal voltage is 6 V?
(c) How much energy is stored in the battery in
Solution: kWh? 80mA, 0.48 W, 0.0048 kWh
Solution:
67. A 2-kW electric iron is connected to a 120-V 70. A 30-W incandescent lamp is connected to a
line. Calculate the current drawn by the iron. 120-V source and is left burning continuously in
an otherwise dark staircase. Determine the
Solution:
current through the lamp. 0.25 A
Solution:

68. How much energy does a 10-hp motor deliver 71. The essential component of a toaster is an
in 30 minutes? Assume that 1 horsepower = electrical element (a resistor) that converts
746 W. 13.43 × 106 J electrical energy to heat energy. How much
Solution: current is drawn by a toaster with resistance
12Ω at 110 V? 9.167 A
Solution:

69. An electric iron draws 2 A at 120 V. Find its

resistance. 60 Ω 72. The voltage across a 5-kΩ resistor is 16 V. Find
the current through the resistor.
Solution:
Solution:
73. Find the hot resistance of a light bulb rated 60 76. The resistance of a certain aluminum power
W, 120 V. line is 150 ohms at 20°C. Find the line
resistance when the sun heats up the line to
Solution:
42°C. First use the inferred zero resistance
temperature formula and then the temperature
coefficient of resistance formula to show that
the two formulas are equivalent. 163 ohms
Solution:

74. When the voltage across a resistor is 120 V, the

current through it is 2.5 mA. Calculate its
conductance.
Solution:
77. Find the resistance at 35°C of an aluminum wire
that has a length of 200 m and a diameter of 1
mm. 7.21 ohms
Solution:

75. A certain unenergized copper transformer 78. Calculate the temperature coefficient of
winding has a resistance of 30 Ω at 20 °C. resistance of aluminum at 30°C and use it to
Under rated operation, however, the resistance find the resistance of an aluminum wire at 70°C
increases to 35Ω. Find the temperature of the if the wire has a resistance of 40 ohms at 30°C.
energized winding. 62.4°C 0.003 759°C-1
Solution: Solution:
79. Calculate the temperature coefficient of 82. What is the conductance of a 39 Ω resistor?
resistance of aluminum at 30°C and use it to 25.6 mS
find the resistance of an aluminum wire at 70°C
Solution:
if the wire has a resistance of 40 ohms at 30°C.
46 ohms
Solution:

80. If a voltmeter has 500 kΩ of internal resistance, 83. What is the conductance of a voltmeter that
find the current flow through it when it indicates 150 V when 0.3 mA flows through it?
indicates 86 V.172μA 2μS
Solution: Solution:

81. If an ammeter has 2 mΩ of internal resistance, 84. If an aluminum power line has a resistance of
find the voltage across it when it indicates 10A. 80Ω at 30°C, what is its resistance when cold
20 mV air lowers its temperature to -10°C? 68Ω
Solution: Solution:
85. If the resistance of a constantan wire is 2 MΩ at 88. Find the temperature coefficient of resistance
-150°C, what is its resistance at 200°C? 2.006 of iron at 20°C if iron has an inferred zero
MΩ resistance temperature of -162°C. 0.0055°C -1
Solution: Solution:

86. The resistance of an aluminum wire is 2.4 Ω at - 89. What is the maximum current that a 1-Watt,
5°C. At what temperature will it be 2.8 Ω? 56-kΩ resistor can safely conduct? 4.23 mA
33.5°C
Solution:
Solution:

90. Find the resistance of an electric heater that

87. What is the resistance at 90°C of a carbon rod absorbs 2400 W when connected to a 120-V
that has a resistance of 25 Ω at 2O°C? 24.1Ω line. 6Ω
Solution: Solution:
91. Find the internal resistance of a 2-kW water 94. What is the total resistance of 2, 5, 8, 0, and
heater that draws 8.33 A. 28.8Ω 17Ω resistors connected in series? 42 Ω
Solution: Solution:

92. What is the greatest voltage that can be applied 95. What is the total resistance of thirty, 6Ω
across a 1/8 W, 2.7-MΩ resistor without resistors connected in series? 180 Ω
causing it to overheat? 581 V
Solution:
Solution:

96. If the steady current 2.5A flows in a wire for 5

93. What is the maximum voltage that can be minutes, find the charged passed in any point
safely applied across a 0.5W, 91 Ω resistor? in the circuit. 750 C
6.75 V Solution:

Solution:
97. The current in a light bulb is 0.835 A. How 99. How many joules of energy are released from a
long does it take for a total charge of 1.67 C 9V battery that has a charge of 25C? 225Joules
to pass a point in the wire? 2sec. Solution:
Solution:

98. If a battery uses 45J of energy with a charge of

15C what is the electric potential of the 100. Calculate the heat produced by an electric
battery? 3 V iron, which has a resistance of 30 ohms and
Solution: takes a current of 3 amperes when it is
switched on for 15 seconds. 4050 joules
Solution: