1. The highest waterfall in the world is the Salto Angel Falls in Venezuela.

Its longest single falls

has a height of 807 m. If water at the top of the falls is at 15.0C, what is the maximum
temperature of the water at the bottom of the falls? Assume all the kinetic energy of the water as
it reaches the bottom goes into raising its temperature.

2. A combination of 0.250 kg of water at 20.0°C, 0.400 kg of aluminum at 26.0°C, and 0.100 kg of

copper at 100°C is mixed in an insulated container and allowed to come to thermal equilibrium.
Ignore any energy transfer to or from the container. What is the final temperature of the mixture?

3. How much charge is on each plate of a 4.00-F capacitor when it is connected to a 12.0-V
battery?

4. Two conductors having net charges of +10.0 C and –10.0 C have a potential difference of 10.0
V between them. Determine the capacitance of the system.

5. A 12.0-V battery is connected to a capacitor, resulting in 54.0 C of charge stored on the

capacitor. How much energy is stored in the capacitor?

6. The potential difference across a resting neuron in the human body is about 75.0 mV and
carries a current of about 0.200 mA. How much power does the neuron release?

7. Consider the circuit shown in the figure. Find (a) the

current in the 20.0-Ω resistor and (b) the potential
difference between points a and b.

8. The circuit shown in the figure is connected for 2.00 min. (a)
Determine the current in each branch of the circuit. (b) Find
the energy delivered by each battery. (c) Find the energy
delivered to each resistor. (d) Identify the type of energy
storage transformation that occurs in the operation of the
circuit. (e) Find the total amount of energy transformed into
internal energy in the resistors.

9. For the circuit shown in the figure, calculate (a) the current
in the 2.00-Ω resistor and (b) the potential difference
between points a and b.
10. Three identical 60.0-W, 120-V lightbulbs are connected across
a 120-V power source as shown in the figure. Assuming the
resistance of each lightbulb is constant (even though in reality
the resistance might increase markedly with current), find (a)
the total power supplied by the power source and (b) the
potential difference across each lightbulb.

11. An electron moves in a circular path perpendicular to a

uniform magnetic field with a magnitude of 2.00 mT. If the
speed of the electron is 1.50  107 m/s, determine (a) the
radius of the circular path and (b) the time interval required to
complete one revolution.

12. A rectangular coil consists of N = 100 closely

wrapped turns and has dimensions a = 0.400 m and b
= 0.300 m. The coil is hinged along the y axis, and its
plane makes an angle  = 30.0 with the x axis. (a)
What is the magnitude of the torque exerted on the
coil by a uniform magnetic field B = 0.800 T directed
in the positive x direction when the current is I = 1.20
A in the direction shown?

13. A 25-turn circular coil of wire has diameter 1.00 m. It

is placed with its axis along the direction of the Earth’s magnetic field of 50.0 T and then in
0.200 s is flipped 180. An average emf of what magnitude is generated in the coil?

14. A small airplane with a wingspan of 14.0 m is flying due north at a speed of 70.0 m/s over a
region where the vertical component of the Earth’s magnetic field is 1.20 T downward. What
potential difference is developed between the airplane’s wingtips?

15. An emf of 24.0 mV is induced in a 500-turn coil when the current is changing at the rate of 10.0
A/s. What is the magnetic flux through each turn of the coil at an instant when the current is 4.00
A?

16. A series RL circuit with L = 3.00 H and a series RC circuit with C = 3.00 μF have equal time
constants. If the two circuits contain the same resistance R, (a) what is the value of R? (b) What is
the time constant?

17. When an AC source is connected across a 12.0-  resistor, the rms current in the resistor is 8.00
A. Find (a) the rms voltage across the resistor, (b) the peak voltage of the source, (c) the
maximum current in the resistor, and (d) the average power delivered to the resistor.

18. The wavelength of red helium–neon laser light in air is 632.8 nm. (a) What is its frequency? (b)
What is its wavelength in glass that has an index of refraction of 1.50? (c) What is its speed in
the glass?
19. An underwater scuba diver sees the Sun at an apparent angle of 45.0°
above the horizontal. What is the actual elevation angle of the Sun
above the horizontal?

20. Figure shows a refracted light beam in linseed oil making an

angle of α = 20.0° with the normal line NN . The index of
refraction of linseed oil is 1.48. Determine the angles (a)  and
(b)  .

21. A glass optical fiber (n = 1.50) is submerged in water (n = 1.33). What is the critical angle for
light to stay inside the fiber?