Name: Bierneza, Alexander Ray C.

Chapter2

2.1 A radio beacon transmits a frequency of 230 MHz . What is the wavelength of the signals?

2.2 What is the power dissipation in a 68 Ω resistive load, when a 110-V (peak-to-peak) sine wave is
applied to the resistor?

2.3 The resistivity of a material used to make a round 950 Ω resistor is 53 Ω per unit length. If the
resistor has a radius of 0.16 in, what is it’s length?

2.4 A resistor with a temperature coefficient of 0.0045/°C has a resistance of 130 Ω at 20°C. At what
temperature will the resistance be 183 Ω?

2.5 A dc voltage of 17 V is measured across a 133-Ω resistor. What is the current flowing through the
resistor?

2.6 A dc voltage is applied to three resistors in parallel. The values of the resistors are 7.5, 12.5, and 14.8
kΩ. If the total current flowing is 2.7 mA, what is the applied voltage?

2.7 The configuration of the three resistors in Prob. 2.6 is changed from a parallel to a series connection.
If the current flowing in the resistors is unchanged, what is the total voltage across the three resistors?
2.8 What is the supply current It flowing in the circuit shown in Fig. 2.9a?

2.9 Calculate the voltage across each of the resistors in Prob. 2.7. Does the result support Kirchoff’s first
law?

2.10 What is the current flowing in each of the resistors in Prob. 2.6? Does the result support Kirchoff’s
second law?

2.11 What is the voltage measured in the bridge circuit shown in Fig. 2.9b

2.12 Two rectangular parallel plates 2.2 m by 3.7 m are separated by a material with a dielectric
constant of 4.8 × 10−9 F/m. If the capacitance between the plates is 4.3 µF, what is the separation of the
plates?

2.13 A3.2 nF capacitor has an impedance of 0.02 MΩ when an ac voltage is applied to it. What is the
frequency of the ac voltage?

2.14 What is the current flowing in Prob. 2.13, if the peak-to-peak ac voltage is 18 V?
2.15 Three capacitors are connected in series. See Fig. 2.7b. If the values of the capacitors are 110, 93,
and 213 pF, what is the value of a single capacitor that could be used to replace them?

2.16 What is the value of a single capacitor that could be used to replace the capacitors shown in Fig.
2.10a?

2.17 An inductor of 2.8 mH is being constructed on a core whose diameter is 1.4 cm and length is 5.6
cm. If the permeability of the core is 4.7 × 10−7 H/m, how many turns of wire will be required?

2.18 What is the value of inductance that will have an impedance of 11.4 kΩ at a frequency of 2.3 MHz?

2.19 What value of inductance can be used to replace two inductors connected in parallel, if their values
are 4.2 and 8.7 mH?

2.20 What value of inductance would be used to replace the inductor network shown in Fig. 2.10b?
Chapter3

3.1 A voltage time constant of 15 ms is required. What value of resistance is needed if a capacitance of
0.1 µF is used?

3.2 A voltage step of 18 V is applied to the RC circuit shown in Fig. 3.1a. What will be the voltage across
the capacitor after a time interval of 2CR?

3.3 If an inductance of 21 mHz is used to obtain a current time constant of 12.5 µs, what value of
resistance is required?

3.4 What is the time constant of a resistance of 18.5 kΩ in series with an inductance of 585 µHz?

3.5 In the series circuit shown in Fig. 3.16a the voltage measured across the inductance was 16.8 V, the
voltage across the capacitor was 9.5 V. What is the voltage across the resistor?

3.6 What is the frequency of the ac source shown in Fig. 3.16a?

3.7 What is the value of the capacitor shown in Fig. 3.16a?

3.8 What is the resonant frequency of the series circuit in Fig. 3.16a?
3.9 What is the source current at resonance in Fig. 3.16a?

3.10 If the input ac frequency is 23.5 kHz, what is the current flowing in the circuit in Fig. 3.16a?

3.11 In the circuit shown in Fig. 3.16b, what is the current flowing in the resistor

3.12 In the circuit shown in Fig. 3.16b, what is the current flowing in the capacitor?

3.13 In the circuit shown in Fig. 3.16b, what is the current flowing in the inductance?

3.14 In Fig. 3.16b, how much current is supplied by the source?

3.15 What is the resonant frequency of the circuit in Fig. 3.16b?

3.16 In the circuit shown in Fig. 3.16b, what is the current flowing in the capacitor at resonance?

3.17 In the circuit shown in Fig. 3.16b, what is the current supplied by the source at resonance?

3.18 A100 percent efficient iron-cored transformer has a primary winding with 1820 turns and a
secondary winding with 125 turns. If the ac voltage across the primary winding is 110 V, what will be the
ac voltage across the secondary?

3.19 The transformer in Prob. 3.18 has a resistive load of 2.2 kΩ across its secondary. What impedance
does the transformer present to the source?

3.20 A transformer has 875 turns on the primary and 133 turns on the secondary. If the current flowing
in the secondary is 3.45 A, what will be the current in the primary?