Chapter 5 Short Answers

1. a) 0.6
b)i) 94

and 56.4

ii) 9.4

and 5.64

c) 10 across the diode, and 0 across the resistor.

2. 59.0
=

3.

4. a) 36
5. b) 210
6. a) The higher the resistance, the brighter the LED as more current will flow through it.
b) i) 32.4

ii) 62.4mW

7. Reason being when current is flowing through them the voltage drop across the diodes
equals to the sum of their threshold voltages.
If the voltage applied is less than the sum of the threshold voltage, current will be able to
flow past one of them, but has insufficient voltage to flow past the other due to the voltage
drop.
8. Half-correct. Hes correct to say that you cannot connect an LED directly to an EMF
higher than the threshold voltage, but you can connect it to a high voltage with the use of a
limiting resistor to absorb the extra voltage.
9. a) The red LED will light up first, followed by the green LED, then finally the blue LED.
b)

= 279,

= 352 and

= 390. These values can be obtained quickly using

the equation of power dissipated by a diode obtain in Q3.

10. a) 35
b) The red and blue LED dissipates 70
11. 28.6

and 0.123