Problem Set in ELE 001

Lessons 1 to 8

1. A conductor has an area of 40, 000 circular mils. What is the diameter of this conductor
in mils? Determine the cross sectional area of the conductor expressed in sq mm.
2. If 1km of 3.0 mm diameter wire have a resistance of 27.6 ohms, what length of similar
wire 5.0 mm diameter will have the same resistance?
3. A kilometer of wire having a diameter of 11.7 mm and a resistance of 0.031 ohm is
drawn down so that its diameter is 5 mm. What does its resistance become?
4. A length of copper telephone line has a resistance of 22 ohms at 25 degree C. What is
its resistance on hot summer day when its temperature rises to 36 degree C?
5. Electric current is measured in amperes. How many electrons pass a given point in 2
minutes in a conductor carrying 2.8 A current. The charge of an electron is
approximately 1.6 X 10-19 C.
6. If the potential difference between two points is 60 V, how much energy is expended to
bring 1mC from one point to the other?
7. Find the charge Q that requires 96 J of energy to be moved through a potential
difference of 16 V.
8. Will a fuse rated at 1 A “blow” if 86 C pass through it in 1.2 min?
9. Find the conductance of each of the following resistances:
a. 120 Ω
b. 4 kΩ
c. 2.2 MΩ
d. Compare the three results.
10. Ohm’s Law
a. If an electric heater draws 9.5 A when connected to a 120 V supply, what is
the internal resistance of the heater?
b. Using the basic relationships discussed, how much energy is converted in 1 h?
11. I vs V
a. Plot the curve of I (vertical axis) versus V (horizontal axis) for a 120 Ω resistor.
Use a horizontal scale of 0 to 100 V and a vertical scale of 0 to 1 A.
b. Using the graph of part (a), find the current at a voltage of 20 V and 50 V.

12. The voltage drop across a transistor network is 12 V. If the total resistance is 5.6 kΩ,
what is the current level? What is the power delivered? How much energy is
dissipated in 1 h?
13. Given

Find i0 and v0 in the above circuit..

a) 26A, 260v
b) 28A, 280v
c) 27A, 275v
d) 29A, 285v

14. Find I0 in the following circuit, R1= 1.1 kilo ohms, R2=3.25 kilo ohms, V= 3.7 v.

a) 1.5 mA
b) 2 mA
c) 0.5 mA
d) 1.2 mA

15. In each of the circuits of fig A, determine:

a. the equivalent resistance as seen from the source;

b. the current flowing through each resistor;
c. the potential drop across each resistor; and
d. the power dissipated by each resistor.
 Fig A

16. Determine the following.

a. Find an expression for the equivalent resistance of two resistors of value R in series.
b. Find an expression for the equivalent resistance of n resistors of value R in series.
c. Using the results of (a), design a resistive network with an equivalent resistance of 3 kΩ
using two resistors with the same value.
d. Using the results of (b), design a resistive network with an equivalent resistance of 4 kΩ
t using a minimum number of identical resistors

17. Determine the following.

a. Find an expression for the equivalent resistance of two resistors of value R in

parallel.
b. Find an expression for the equivalent resistance of n resistors of value R in parallel.
c. Using the results of (a), design a resistive network with an equivalent resistance of 5
kΩ using two resistors with the same value from
d. Using the results of (b), design a resistive network with an equivalent resistance of 4
kΩ using a minimum number of identical resistors

18. In the voltage-divider circuit shown, the no-load value of vn is 4 V. When the load
resistance RL is attached across the terminals a and b, vo drops to 3 V. Find RL.

19. Applying KCL and KVL, determine the current IL and the voltage drop VL.
20. Determine the current I1 using KCL and KVL

21. The current io in the circuit shown is 2 A. Calculate

a. vs,
b. the power absorbed by the independent voltage source,
c. the power delivered by the independent current source,
d. the power delivered by the controlled current source,
e. the total power dissipated in the two resistors.

22. Given: Ladder Network

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Find (a) the magnitude and direction of the current flowing, and (b) the voltage drop
across each resistor.

Apply the following methods/techniques:

1.1 Series−Parallel Reduction;
1.2. Mesh Analysis
1.3. Nodal Method
23. Using branch-current analysis, find the magnitude and direction of the current through
each resistor for the networks

24. For the given networks, determine the current I 2 using branch-current analysis, and then
find the voltage Vab

25. Write the mesh equations for each of the networks. Solve for the loop currents in each
network. Use clockwise mesh currents.
 a. Write the nodal equations for the networks given networks
b. Solve for the nodal voltages.
c. Determine the magnitude and polarity of the voltage across each resistor.

26. Using the superposition theorem, determine

a. the voltage drop across each resistor; and
b. the current that flows through each resistor.

27. Given:
a. Using the superposition theorem, determine the voltage across the 4.7 Ω resistor.
b. Find the power delivered to the 4.7 Ω resistor due solely to the current source.
c. Find the power delivered to the 4.7 Ω resistor due solely to the voltage source.
d. Find the power delivered to the 4.7 Ω resistor using the voltage found in part (a).
e. How do the results of part (d) compare with the sum of the results to parts (b) and (c)?
Can the superposition theorem be applied to power levels? Why or why not?

28. Find the current through R1 for the given network applying superposition theorem.

29. a) Use a series of source transformations to find the current io in the circuit below.

b) Verify your solution by using the node-voltage method to find io.

30. a) Find the current in the 10 kΩ resistor in the circuit by making a succession of
appropriate source transformations.

b) Using the result obtained in (a), work back through the circuit to find the power
developed
by the 100 V source.