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Project REPORT
Project No: 01
Course Title: Circuit Simulation Sessional
Course Code: EEE-3508

Submitted By
Name: Mohin Uddin
ID No: ET201040
Semester: 5th
Section: 5A
Email: et201040@ugrad.iiuc.ac.bd
Date of Submission: 25/10/2022

Submitted To :
Engr. Md. Shahid Ullah
Associate Professor
Department of EEE, IIUC
Remarks:
In the three circuits shown below the batteries are all identical,
and the light bulbs are all identical. In circuit 1 a single light bulb
is connected to the battery. In circuits 2 and 3, two light bulbs are
connected to the battery in different ways, as shown. The light
bulbs are labeled A-E.
1. Rank the magnitude of the potential differences across light
bulbs A, B, C, D and E form largest to Smallest .If any light bulbs
have the potential difference across them, state that explicitly.
2. The batteries all start with an identical amount of usable energy
and all connected to the light Bulbs in circuits at the same time. In
which circuit will the battery ran out of usable energy first?

Figure 1

Figure 2
1) Ans:
Briefly explain how you determined your ranking: A, D, and E are
each connected across the battery, and therefore, each has the
same electric potential difference as the battery. B and C are in
series with the battery and therefore have an electric potential
difference which is less than the electric potential difference
across the battery. B and C are identical and therefore have the
same electric potential difference.

Figure 3

The Ranking of the magnitude of the potential differences across

light bulbs A, B, C, D and E form largest to Smallest will be:
A=D=E>B=C
2) Ans:
The batteries all start with an identical amount of usable energy
and are all connected to the lightbulbs in the circuits at the same
time.
In circuit3 will the battery run out of usable energy first and
circuit2 will the battery run out of usable energy Last.
Explain the reasoning:
The rate at which the battery uses its electric potential energy is
electric power. Electric power equals current times electric
potential difference.
P=VI

The electric potential differences of all three batteries are the

same, so the electric power of each battery is directly proportional
to the current delivered by each battery.
P∝I

Considering electric potential difference equals current times

resistance, current is inversely proportional to resistance.
V =IR

1
∴I ∝
R

Therefore, the circuit with the smallest equivalent resistance will

have the largest current delivered by the battery and will run out
of usable energy first, and the circuit with the largest equivalent
resistance will have the smallest current delivered by the battery
and will run out of usable energy last.
Circuit 3 has two resistors in parallel and adding a resistor in
parallel decreases the equivalent resistance. That means, circuit 3
has the smallest equivalent resistance and will run out of usable
energy first.
Circuit 2 has two resistors in series and adding a resistor in
series increases the equivalent resistance. That means, circuit 2
has the largest equivalent resistance and will run out of usable
energy last.

Figure 4

Figure 5
Discussion:
In this project we can see that, The Ranking of the magnitude of
the potential differences across light bulbs A, B, C, D and E form
largest to Smallest will be: A = D = E > B = C and also see that,
circuit 3 is usable energy first and circuit 2 is usable energy last
because of their equivalent resistance. We can also see this
experiment by the Circuitlab software simulation. It is also clear
about that.