A Name: ( ZN __ Date: _ Section: More Electricity Problems BEWARE- Any and All Equations May Be Used 1. A television set is plugged into a 120 V outlet. The current in the television is equal to 0.75 A. What is the overall resistance of the television set? VN=\= (20V = OTSA + R= lwo. 2. A steam cleaner has a power rating of | 110 W. Ifthe cleaner is connected to a 120. _Y line, what current does it use? PEN\ Wow = ow I= 0.924 3. A coffee maker uses 10.0 amps of current from a 120.V line. How much. pow. Goesituse? Bay | = (20 10K = I200W 4. A power mixer uses 3.0 amps of current and has a power rating of 360 W. What voltage does this appliance require? P=HVi Boow = VBA V = \20V 5. Suppose the electric company in your area charges $0.08 per kWh, how much did it cost to use 8000 W for 4 hours? Cze- = Pe ~ ZOCON 4h we In - 80. So. we b= S2ewi CB/ewh = 32eWn =%2.56 6. A 100 W light bulb was left on in your room while you were at school for 8 hours. How much energy was wasted? E= Pt = \oow -8y Bo00wh 7. Ifa stereo draws 0.5 amps of current when plugged into a 120-V outlet, how much power does it use? PENA = aov- OSA = COW10, n 12, 13. 14. Ifa 4 A circuit has a resistance of 3 ohms, what is the voltage? Ve HA BSL = 2N ‘What is the current used by a toaster that has a resistance of 12 ohms and uses 120 \e volts? An electric car is equipped with a motor that can deliver 50 hp. The voltage across the motor’s terminals equals 5.0 x 10° V, and the resistance in the motor’s circuit is 7.5 ohms. How large is the current in the motor? vre Sseivty = D7 TE =e .tA A window unit air conditioner has an overall resistance of 22 ohms., If the voltage across the air conditioner equals 115 V, what is the current in the air conditioner's cireuit? A clothes dryer is equipped with an electric heater. ‘The heater works by passing air across an electric wire that is hot because of the current in it. The wire’s resistance is 10_ ‘ohms, and the current in the wire equals 24 A. What is the voltage across the heater wie? a 12 = 2HA- 1082 = 24OV A hair dryer uses a wire that is hot because of the current in it to warm the air that blows through the dryer. ‘The resistance of this wire is 7.7 ohms. If the current through the wire equals 15.6 A, what is the voltage across the terminals of the hair dryer? HANS OA - TIL V= I20-1V ‘A current of 5.83 A is used to produce the microwave radiation in a microwave oven. If the voltage across the oven is 120 V, how much power does the oven me PHV\ = ov -S83A 699 -loW15, A washing machine motor works because of @ current of 9.80 A in.a circuit with a resistance of 12.2 ohms, What is the voltage across the terminals of the motor? v (R= F.BA - (2.2.2. = NAb 16. Electric power is often produced by a gas-powered generator. Suppose one of these generators has a power output of about 7.50 x 10" W. Ifthe generator produces a voltage of 114 V, how much current isin the generator? Ni Tsctw = Udy I = bb 107A 17. There are 17 generators at Hoover Dam, each of which produces electricity with a voltage of 1.65.x 10‘ and a current of 7.37 x 10° A. What is each generator’s power output? Pevi |-GSRIDTV + 735 OA \.2*510°W 18. A computer with a resistance of 57.5 ohms has a power input of 230 W. Calculate the voltage across and current in the computer using two separate formulas. P=v\ VaR x a) p-¥ ye PR = 220w S75 19. A high-intensity portable lantem is powered by several batteries that are connected 1322S ve series. The lantern’s bulb uses 96 W of power, while the current in the lantern is 4.0 A, ‘Assuming there is no power loss in the circuit, what is the total voltage of the batteries? FON = VA V=24N P=V\ 20. An electric mixer draws 200.0 W of power. If the mixer is plugged into an outlet 2oow across a voltage of 115 Y, what current is in the mixer's circuit? wSV-T HLA resistance. 2. Annightligh uses 4W of power when plugged into an outlet. Assume dha the only eaag too aM circuit is provided by the light bulb’s filament. The current in the circuit xr ‘hat is the voltage across the filament?” Pai HW = °3- eid A, Veit 22. An alarm clock uses 5. OW of electric power. If the clock is plugged into a 120 V_ outlet, what electric current is in the clock’s circuit? vA 5W> 120V-5 T4200 th