1. A person sticks their tongue on a 9.0V battery and feels a shock.

If the resistance
of a wet tongue (same as skin) is 1500 Ω, what current will flow through a
person’s tongue?
2. A laptop operates under a voltage of 20.0 V and it draw a current of 2.00 A. What
is the resistance of this laptop?
3. A current of 0.020 A flowing through the body will render the victim unable to
release the conductor. If the resistance of the skin is 500. Ω, what is the minimum
voltage required to produce this effect?
4. A battery when short-circuited generates a current of 25.0 A and it has an
internal resistance of 0.0624 Ω. What is its voltage?
5. A 1500. W space heater is connected to a voltage 120. V. How much current will
it draw?
6. A 1500. W space heater is connected to a voltage 120. V. What is its resistance?
7. Alarm clocks have a typical power consumption of 4 watts when connected to a
120 V line. What is the resistance of the alarm clock?
8. A typical vacuum cleaner draws 13 amps of current when operating on
household voltage of 120 V. What is the power consumption of the vacuum?
9. A typical vacuum cleaner draws 13 amps of current when operating on
household voltage of 120 V. What is the resistance of the vacuum?
10. While charging an Ipad consumes 10 W of power and uses a current of 2.1 A.
What is the resistance of an Ipad?
11. While charging an Ipad consumes 10 W of power and uses a current of 2.1 A.
What is the resistance of an Ipad?
12. What is the total (equivalent) resistance of a 5.0 Ω, 2.5 Ω, and a 7.0 Ω that are
connected in series?
13. What is the total (equivalent) resistance of a 5.0 Ω, 2.5 Ω, and a 7.0 Ω that are
connected in parallel?
14. Three resistors, R1 = 9 Ω, R2 = 12 Ω and R3 = 36 Ω, are connected in parallel.
Find the equivalent resistance.
15. Two resistors 20.0 Ω, and 60.0 Ω are connected in parallel to a 90.0 V battery.
Calculate the total resistance of the circuit.
16. Two resistors 20.0 Ω, and 60.0 Ω are connected in parallel to a 90.0 V battery.
Calculate the total of the circuit
17. Two resistors 20.0 Ω, and 60.0 Ω are connected in parallel to a 90.0 V battery.
Calculate the current through each resistor

18 – 30 Complete the table

V (in volts) I (in ampere) R (in resistance) P (in watts)

12 20
220 300
1.5 0.75
9 0.0045
6.5 1800
120 2.2
180 35 926