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Pre AP Physics Electric Circuits and Magnetism WS 1. Four 15 Ώ resistors are connected in series with a 45 V battery, what is the current in the circuit? [0.75 A] 2. There are three 30 Ώ resistors connected in series across a 120 V generator. a. What is the equivalent resistance of the circuit? [90 Ώ] b. What is the current in the circuit? [1.333 A] 3. A 10 Ώ resistor, a 15 Ώ resistor and a 5 Ώ resistor are connected in series across a 90 V battery. a. What is the equivalent resistance of the circuit? [30 Ώ] b. What is the current in the circuit? [3 A] 4. Ten Christmas tree bulbs connected in series have equal resistances. When connected to a 120 V outlet, the current through the bulbs is 0.06 A. a. What is the equivalent resistance of the circuit? [2000 Ώ] b. What is the resistance of each bulb? [200 Ώ] 5. A 9.0 V battery is connected to four light bulbs in series, one light bulb has a resistance of 2.0 Ώ, another has a resistance of 4.0 Ώ, the third has a resistance of 5.0 Ώ and the fourth has a resistance of 7.0 Ώ. a. Find the equivalent resistance for the circuit. [18Ω] b. Find the current in the circuit. [0.5 A] c. The current found in part b must be the current in each resistor in the circuit. Find the potential difference across each resistor. [1V, 2V, 2.5 V, 3.5 V] 6. A 7.0 Ώ resistor is connected in series with another resistor and a 4.5 V battery. The current in the circuit is 0.60 A. Calculate the value of the unknown resistance. [0.5 Ώ] 7. Several light bulbs are connected in series across a 115 V source of emf. a. What is the equivalent resistance if the current in the circuit is 1.70 A? [67.647 Ώ] b. If each light bulb has a resistance of 1.50 Ώ, how many light bulbs are in the circuit? [45 bulbs] 8. Three resistors of 60 Ώ, 30 Ώ and 20 Ώ are connected in parallel across a 90 V difference in potential. a. Find the equivalent resistance of the circuit. [10Ω] b. Find the current in the entire circuit. [9 A] c. Find the current through each branch of the circuit. [1.5A, 3 A, 4.5 A] 9. Three 15 Ώ resistors are connected in parallel and placed across a 30 V potential difference. a. Find the equivalent resistance of the circuit. [5 Ώ] b. Find the current in the entire circuit. [6 A] c. Find the current through each branch of the circuit. [2A, 2A, 2A] 10. A 12.0 Ώ resistor and a 15 Ώ resistor are connected in parallel and placed across the terminal of a 15 V battery. a. Find the equivalent resistance of the circuit. [6.670 Ώ] b. Find the current in the entire circuit. [2.249 A] c. Find the current through each branch of the circuit. [1.25 A, 1 A] 11. Suppose the 12 Ώ resistor in problem #10 is replaced by a 10 Ώ resistor. a. Does the equivalent resistance become smaller, larger, or remain the same? What is the new resistance? [5.988Ω] b. Does the amount of current through the entire circuit change? In what way? [2.505 A] c. Does the amount of current through the 15 Ώ resistor change? In what way? [1A] 12. An 18 Ώ, 9.00 Ώ and 6.00 Ώ resistor are connected in parallel to an emf source. A current of 4.00 A is in the 9.00 Ώ resistor. a. Calculate the equivalent resistance of the circuit. [3.003Ω] b. What is the potential difference across the source? [36 V] c. Calculate the current in the other resistors. [2A, 6A] 13. For each of the following sets of values, determine the equivalent resistance for the circuit shown in the figure below. a. Ra = 25.0 Ώ b. Ra = 12.0 Ώ Rb = 3.0 Ώ Rb = 35.0 Ώ Rc = 40.0 Ώ Rc = 25.0 Ώ [27.791 Ώ] [26.583 Ώ] 14. For the following set of values, determine the equivalent resistance for the circuit shown in the figure below. a. Ra = 25.0 Ώ [50.861 Ώ] Rb = 3.0 Ώ Rc = 40.0 Ώ Rd = 15.0 Ώ 15. For the following circuit find: a. the equivalent resistance [6.6 Ώ] b. the total current [1.818 A] c. the current and potential difference in the 3 Ώ resistor [1.818 A, 5.454 V] d. the current and potential difference in the 6 Ώ resistor [1.091 A, 6.545 V] e. the current and potential difference in the 9 Ώ resistor [0.727 A, 6.545 V] 16. For the following circuit find: a. the equivalent resistance [9.833 Ώ] b. the current and the potential difference in the 1.5 Ώ resistor [1.831 A, 2.747 V] 17. For the following circuit find: a. the equivalent resistance [13.167 Ώ] b. the current in and the potential difference across the 1.5 Ώ resistor [0.911 A, 1.367 V] Re = 18.0 Ώ 18. A proton, with a charge of 1.6 x 10-19 C, moving east experiences a force of 8.8 x 10-19 N upward due to the Earth’s magnetic field. At this location, the field has a magnitude of 5.5 x 10-5 T to the north. Find the speed of the particle. [1.0 x 10 5 m/s] 19. A proton, with a charge of 1.6 x 10-19 C, moves perpendicularly to a magnetic field that has a magnitude of 4.20 x 10 -2 T. What is the speed of the particle if the magnitude of the magnetic force on it is 2.40 x 10 -14 N? [3.571 x 106m/s] 20. A proton, with a charge of 1.6 x 10-19 C, traveling to the right along the x-axis (east) enters a region where there is a magnetic field of magnitude 2.5 T directed upward along the y-axis (north). If the proton experiences a force of 3.2 x 10-12 N, find the speed of the proton. [8.0 x 106m/s] 21. If an electron, with a charge of 1.6 x 10-19 C, in an electron beam experiences a downward force of 2.0 x 10 -14 N while traveling in a magnetic field of 8.3 x 10-2 T west, what is the direction and magnitude of the velocity? [1.51 x 10 6m/s, north] 22. A uniform 1.5 T magnetic field points north. If an electron, with a charge of 1.6 x 10 -19 C, moves vertically downward (toward the ground) with a speed of 2.5 x 107 m/s through this field, what force (magnitude and direction) will act on it? [6.0 x 10-12 N, west] 23. A proton, with a charge of 1.6 x 10-19 C, moves straight upward (away from the ground) through a uniform magnetic field that points from east to west and has a magnitude of 2.5 T. If the proton moves with a speed of 1.5 x 10 7 m/s through this field, what force (magnitude and direction) will act on it? [6.0 x 10 -12 N, south] 24. An alpha particle (the nucleus of a helium atom, carrying a charge of 3.2 x 10-19 C) moves at 5.5 x 107 m/s at a right angle to a magnetic field. If the particle experiences a force of 1.5 x 10 -14 N due to the magnetic field, when what is the magnitude of the magnetic field? [8.52 x 10-4 T] 25. A wire 36 m long carries a current of 22 A from east to west. If the maximum magnetic force on the wire at this point is downward (toward Earth) and has a magnitude of 4.0 x 10 -2 N, find the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field at this location. [5.05 x 10-5 T, south to north] 26. A 6.0 m wire carries a current of 7.0 A toward the east. A magnetic force of 7.0 x 10 -6 N acts on the wire upwards. Find the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field producing the force. [1.67 x 10 -7 T, north] 27. A wire 1.0 m long experiences a magnetic force of 0.50 N due to a perpendicular uniform magnetic field. If the wire carries a current of 10.0 A, what is the magnitude of the magnetic field? [0.050 T] 28. The magnetic force on a straight 0.15 m segment of wire carrying a current of 4.5 A is 1.0 N. What is the magnitude of the component of the magnetic field that is perpendicular to the wire? [1.48 T] 29. The magnetic force acting on a wire that is perpendicular to a 1.5 T uniform magnetic field is 4.4 N. If the current in the wire is 5.0 A, what is the length of the wire that is inside the magnetic field? [0.59 m] 30. A particle with a charge of 0.030 C experiences a magnetic force of 1.5 N while moving at right angles to a uniform magnetic field. If the speed of the charge is 620 m/s, what is the magnitude of the magnetic field the particle passes through? [0.081 T] 31. An electron moving north encounters a uniform magnetic field. If the magnetic field points east, what is the direction of the magnetic force on the electron? Explain. [upward] 32. A straight segment of wire has a length of 25 cm and carries a current of 5.0 A. If the wire is perpendicular to a magnetic field of 0.60 T, then what is the magnitude of the magnetic force on this segment of the wire? [0.75 N] 33. Two parallel wires have charges moving in the same direction. Is the force between them attractive or repulsive?