PHY 102/ Summer 2020

DC Circuits

36. A 25 F capacitor is connected through a 4 M resistor to a constant potential difference of 200 V.

Compute (a) the charge at time 5s (b) the current in the same instant (c) the time require for the charge to
increase from 5×10-04 C to 7×10-04 C (d) the final charge in the circuit (e) the relaxation time and half-life of
the circuit.

37. An inductor of inductance 3 H and a resistance 18  is connected to a battery of 30 V. Find (a) the initial
rate of increase of current in the circuit (b) the rate of increase current at the instant when the current is 1.5
A (c) the current 0.5 s after the circuit is closed (d) the final steady state current (e) the time required to
increase the current to 63 % of its final value?

38. (a) Show that the two expressions for the self inductance, namely NΦ/i and ε/(di/dt) have the same unit (b)
Show that L/R and RC both have the unit of time.

AC Circuits

39. In an R-L-C series circuit, the source has constant voltage amplitude of 100 V and a frequency 1000 rad/s.
R=500, L=0.9 H , C=3.0F. Suppose a series circuit contains only resistor and inductor in series. (a) What
is the impedance of the circuit? (b) what is the current amplitude? (c) What are the voltage amplitudes
across the resistor and inductor? (d) What is the phase angle ? Does the current lag or lead?

40. In an R-L-C series circuit, the source has constant voltage amplitude of 100 V and a frequency 1000 rad/s.
R=500Ω, L=0.9 H , C=3.0μF. Suppose a series circuit contains only resistor and capacitor in series. (a)
What is the impedance of the circuit? (b) what is the current amplitude ? (c) What are the voltage
amplitudes across the resistor and capacitor? (d) What is the phase angle φ? Does the current lag or lead?

41. In an R-L-C series circuit, the source has constant voltage amplitude of 100 V and a frequency 1000 rad/s.
R=500Ω, L=0.9 H , C=3.0μF. Suppose a series circuit contains only capacitor and inductor in series. (a)
What is the impedance of the circuit? (b) what is the current amplitude? (c) What are the voltage amplitudes
across the capacitor and inductor? (d) What is the phase angle φ? Does the current lag or lead?

42. In an R-L-C series circuit, the source has constant voltage amplitude of 100 V and a frequency 1000 rad/s.
R=500Ω, L=0.9 H , C=3.0μF. (a) What is the impedance of the circuit? (b) what is the current amplitude? (c)
What are the voltage amplitudes across the resistor, capacitor and inductor? (d) What is the phase angle φ?
Does the current lag or lead?

43. A resistor of 500  and a capacitor 2 F are connected in parallel to a voltage supply 282 V and having an
angular frequency 377 rad/sec. Find (a) The current amplitude in the resistor (b) The current amplitude in
the capacitor (c) the phase angle and (d) the line current amplitude.

44. A 120 resistor, a 0.1F capacitor, and a 0.1 H inductor are connected in parallel to a voltage source of
100 V. (a) What is the resonant frequency? (b) What is the maximum current through the parallel
combination at the resonant frequency? (c) What is the maximum current through the resistor at resonance?
(d) What is the maximum current through the inductor at the resonance? (e) What is the maximum energy
stored in the inductor at resonance? In the capacitor?

45. A 120 resistor, a 0.1F capacitor, and a 0.1 H inductor are connected in series to a voltage source of 100
V. (a) what is the resonant frequency? (b) What is the maximum current through the combination at the
resonant frequency? (c) What is the maximum current through the resistor at resonance? (d) What is the
maximum voltage across the capacitor at the resonance? (e) What is the maximum energy stored in the
capacitor at resonance?

Reference: University Physics by Sears, Zemansky and Young : Ch. 29, 34 & 36