Physics 32 Problem Set INSTRUCTIONS: Read each questions carefully. Draw their corresponding diagrams if necessary.

Show your complete solutions with no shortcut. Explain each step if possible. NOTE: Do this in pairs and not individually. Both of you should solve each problem. Division of labor is not advisable. You are given enough time to do this problem set. Deadline is before the exam. RESISTORS IN SERIES AND PARALLEL Five resistors are connected to a

battery as shown below.

a) b) c) d) e)

What is the total resistance of the circuit? How much current flows from the battery? How much power is supplied by the battery? What is the potential difference across each resistor? What is the current through each resistor?

CAPACITORS IN SERIES AND PARALLEL A circuit contains a single capacitor hooked across a battery. It is desired to store three times as much energy in a combination of two capacitors by adding a single capacitor to this one. How would you hook it up and what would its value be? RC CIRCUITS An capacior has been charged to . An resistor and a resistor are connected in series with the capacitor. a) What is the time constant of this circuit? b) Approximately how long (in terms of ) will it take for the charge accumulated on the plates of the capacitor to drop to 0.1 % of its original charge?