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    This physics lab document outlines an experiment on power transfer. The objectives are to determine the maximum power transferred to a load resistance and verify that it occurs when the load resistance equals the internal resistance of the power source. Students are instructed to take voltage, current, and power measurements across varying load resistances and plot the results. They then calculate the load resistance at maximum power and derive an equation showing maximum power occurs at RL = RS. Percent error in this result is also calculated. Questions at the end involve calculating total power dissipation in multiple resistors connected in series and parallel with varying currents.

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    This physics lab document outlines an experiment on power transfer. The objectives are to determine the maximum power transferred to a load resistance and verify that it occurs when the load resistance equals the internal resistance of the power source. Students are instructed to take voltage, current, and power measurements across varying load resistances and plot the results. They then calculate the load resistance at maximum power and derive an equation showing maximum power occurs at RL = RS. Percent error in this result is also calculated. Questions at the end involve calculating total power dissipation in multiple resistors connected in series and parallel with varying currents.

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    This physics lab document outlines an experiment on power transfer. The objectives are to determine the maximum power transferred to a load resistance and verify that it occurs when the load resistance equals the internal resistance of the power source. Students are instructed to take voltage, current, and power measurements across varying load resistances and plot the results. They then calculate the load resistance at maximum power and derive an equation showing maximum power occurs at RL = RS. Percent error in this result is also calculated. Questions at the end involve calculating total power dissipation in multiple resistors connected in series and parallel with varying currents.

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    PHYSICS LAB

    (20150)

    Experiment No. 6

    Power Transfer

    2007
    Name: ……………………………………. Reg.No. ( )

    Partner name:……………………………….. Class ( )

    Date / / 20 Mark ( )
    1- Objectives:
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    2- Apparatus:
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    Data and data analysis
    a) Complete the following table:
    𝑅𝑠 =_________Ω

    Reading 𝐑 𝐋 (𝛀) 𝐈𝐋 (𝐦𝐀) 𝐕𝐋 (𝐕) 𝐏𝐋 (𝐦𝐖)


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    a) Plot a graph of the power PL against the load resistance RL.
    b) From the graph, the value of the loads resistance at maximum power is:

    RL =____________Ω.

    d) From the circuit diagram shown in the manual, write an equation for the
    power PL transferred to the load resistance RL in terms of ε, RS, and RL only.
    __________________________________________________________
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    e) Use the above equation for the power PL, show that the maximum power
    occurs when RL = RS.
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    f) Calculate the percentage error in your result of RL.


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    g) Are you result acceptable? Explain why.


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    4. Questions:
    1. The power dissipated in a resistor through which the current I passes is Po. What is the

    total dissipated power if a current of 3I passes through a circuit containing three such

    resistors connected:

    a) In series.

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    b) In parallel.

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