A piece of copper wire has a cross section area of 2.0 𝑚𝑚2 and a length of 5 meters.

What is the electrical

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resistance at 20°C.? What will be the resistance of the wire at 75°C?

A 1-m length of wire is found to have a resistance of 25 Ω. If the diameter of the wire is 1mm, determine the
resistivity in Ω-m.

The filament of a tungsten light bulb has a resistance of 125 Ω at 400°C. Determine its resistance at 0°C and 25°C.

A lead conductor has a resistance of 25 Ω at 0°C. Determine the resistance at -30°C.

A 40-W electric lamp draws a current of 0.25 ampere at 120 volts. What is the resistance of the lamp?

What is the current drawn by a 600-Ω resistor when a potential difference of 25 volts is maintained across it?

A piece of wire has a resistance of 50-Ω. How much power is dissipated in the wire if it carries a current of 0.50 A?
Compute for the voltage of the wire.
What is current drawn by a 1000-W electric flat iron operated at 220 V? Determine the resistance of the electric
flat iron.

A 60- Ω lamp is left connected to a 220-V source for 3 hours. How much energy is taken from the source?

period of 6 minutes. The disk makes 20 revolutions and the 𝐾ℎ factor of the meter is 2.5. Determine the energy
All electrical equipment is off except an electric motor. The kilowatt-hour-meter-disk revolutions are counted for a

that would be used by this motor if it were operated for 1 hour. What is the power input to the motor?

Find the current, voltage and power dissipated across the R1 and R2.

Find the current through each of the three resistor.

Solve for RT, I T , E1 , E2 , and E3

Solve for RT, IT, I1 , I2 , and I3

Solve for RT , and I T

Solve for RT

Determine the total resistance and total current.

Determine the total resistance and total current.

Determine the true power output of an AC circuit with a voltage of 120 volts, a current of 10 amperes and a phase
shift of 20⁰ between voltage and current
Determine the power factor and phase shift angle for a circuit where the true power is found to be 3840 watts, the
voltage is 240 volts and the current is 20 amperes.

If a coil known to have an inductance of 0.1 henry is connected to a 60 Hz source, what is the inductive reactance?

Find the capacitive reactance of a 13-μf capacitor.

Determine the total impedance, current flow, phase shift angle, true power and apparent power in a circuit with an
80-ohm resistance, 90-ohm inductive reactance and 30-ohm capacitive reactance connected in series. The voltage
is 100 V.

A 30-ohm resistance, 20-ohm inductive reactance, and a 30-ohm capacitive reactance are connected in parallel.
The total voltage is 120-V. Determine the current flow in each element, the source current, the phase shift angle,
the power factor, the true power and the apparent power
Determine the number of poles on a rotor of a single-phase generator, if the frequency of 60 Hz is generated at a
rotor speed of 3600 rpm.

Determine the size of the motor that can be used to replace a 2-hp engine.

What is the primary voltage of a transformer with a secondary voltage of 120 and ratio of 20 primary turns to one
secondary turn?

A two-storey house with a full basement has an outside dimension of 7.3 m (24 f) by 9.1 m (30 ft). Assuming three
appliance circuits, determine the total load and the total demand load.

Select service entrance sizes for total demand loads of (a) 22,000 W, (b) 30,000 W, and (c) 13,000 W.
A proposed brooder house is planned for 1,200 baby chicks. Electric under heat brooders will be used. What will be
the value of the electrical load of this building?

Calculate the location of load center

A conductor carries 4.8 A at 240 V. If the allowable voltage drop is 2% and the load is 80 m from the source, what
size copper wire will be needed?

An 8 m × 20 m poultry handling area is to be lighted at an average maintained foot-candle of 50 fc (See table

below). How many 3-lamp fixtures of 120 cm long F40 T12 WW start fluorescent lamps are required assuming the
CU is 0.38 and the LLF is 0.75?
Compute the cost of 50 pcs 2”x3”x12’ lumber at Php 27/bd ft.

A log has a 24-in diameter and an 18-ft length. What is the total number of board foot that can be obtained from the log?

Determine the number of board foot that can be obtained from a log with a small diameter of 1.75 meters and a length of 5
meters.

Engr. Barredo and Engr. Cortez were asked to design 5 pcs. of work benches. The engineers found out that they needed 10 pcs.
of 2"x3"x12' and 5 pcs. of 2"x2"x12’ for each work bench. How many board feet of lumber would they need per piece of
workbench? How much would it cost if a board foot of lumber costs 24 pesos? Also determine the weight of nails needed

Engr. Motas would like to paint her living room whose dimension is 10-m x 20-m x 5-m. Determine the volume of paint needed if
she will be using white paint for the 1st coating and neon pink for the 2nd coating. (floor and ceiling, and area for window are
excluded)

Engr. De Taza and Engr. Tanaval would like to cement the flooring of their palay warehouse with a total volume of 1500 cu.m.
Determine the number of bags of cement and volume of sand and gravel required using 20 liters of water for every bag of
cement and a I:2.5:5 mixture
Engr. Mendoza would like to build a rectangular room having a 15m x 10m x 3m dimension. Estimate the no. of concrete hollow
blocks needed (exclude the foundations)

A proposed concrete pavement has a general dimensions of 10-cm thick, 3-

meters wide and 5 meters long. Considering the slab to be resting on the
ground fill, determine the number of cement in the bag, sand and gravel
required using class C mixture