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    This document contains a physics experiment measuring power dissipation in a resistor connected to a battery. 1) The experiment measures current and calculates power for different resistor values. The power is plotted against resistance. 2) From the graph, the internal resistance of the battery is determined to be the value where power is maximum. 3) This value is consistent with the manufacturer's specification of 4.50 Ω ± 0.01 Ω for the internal resistance.

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    This document contains a physics experiment measuring power dissipation in a resistor connected to a battery. 1) The experiment measures current and calculates power for different resistor values. The power is plotted against resistance. 2) From the graph, the internal resistance of the battery is determined to be the value where power is maximum. 3) This value is consistent with the manufacturer's specification of 4.50 Ω ± 0.01 Ω for the internal resistance.

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    –2– N01/430/H(2)

    SECTION A

    Candidates must answer all questions in the spaces provided.

    A1. This question is about power dissipation in a resistor and the internal resistance of a battery.

    In the circuit below the variable resistor can be adjusted to have known values of resistance R. The
    battery has an unknown internal resistance r.

    r
    ––––

    A I

    The table below shows the recorded value I of the current in the circuit for different values of R.
    The last column gives the calculated value of the power P dissipated in the resistor.

    R/! I/A P/W


    !0.01 A
    0 1.50 0
    1.0 1.20 1.4
    2.0 1.00 2.0
    3.0 0.86 2.2
    4.0 0.75 2.3
    6.0 0.60 2.2
    8.0 0.50 2.0
    10.0 0.43

    (a) Complete the last line of the table by calculating the power dissipated in the variable resistor
    when its value is 10.0 !. [2]

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    –3– N01/430/H(2)

    (Question A1 continued)

    (b) If each value of R is known to !10 % determine the absolute uncertainty in the value of P
    when R = 10.0 !. [3]

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    (c) On the grid below plot a graph of power P against resistance R. (Do not include error bars). [4]

    (d) It can be shown that the power dissipated in the external resistor is a maximum when
    the value of its resistance R is equal to the value of the internal resistance r of the battery
    i.e. R = r. Use this information and your graph to find the value of r. [1]

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    (e) The manufacturer of the battery gives the value of its internal resistance as 4.50 ! ! 0.01 !.
    Is the value of r that you obtained from your graph consistent with the manufacturer’s value?
    Explain. [2]

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