Quiz3 Ee231
Quiz3 Ee231
Quiz3 Ee231
2. A 3Ω, a 5Ω, and a 4Ω resistor are connected in series across a battery. The voltage drop across a
3Ω resistor is 6 V. What is the battery voltage?
3. If three resistors are connected in series across a 12-V battery and the voltage drop across one
resistor is 3 V and the voltage drop across the second resistor is 7 V, what is the voltage drop across
the third resistor?
4. A lamp using 10 V, a 10 Ω resistor drawing 4 A, and a 24-V motor are connected in series. Find the
total voltage and the total resistance.
5. Given I = 2 A, R1 = 10Ω, V2 = 50 V, and V3 = 40 V, find V1, VT, R2, R3, and RT.
6. A current of 3 mA flows through a resistor that is connected to a 1.5-V dry cell. If three additional
1.5-V cells are connected in series to the first cell, find the current flowing through the resistor.
7. A voltage divider consists of a 3000 Ω, a 5000 Ω, and 10 000 Ω resistor in series. The series
current is 15 mA. Find (a) the voltage drop across each resistance, (b) the total voltage, and (c) the
total resistance.
8. A dc circuit to a specialized transistor circuit can be represented as shown in Fig. below. Find the
total resistance and voltage between points A and B.
9. A copper wire has a diameter of 0.031 96 in. Find (a) the circular-mil area, (b) its AWG size, and (c)
the resistance of a 200-ft length. Ans. (a) 1024 CM; (b) No. 20; (c) 2.07 Ω (for No. 20 wire)