ELE1IEL Assignment 1

Due: 10 Aug

Saleh M S T E Busalha
17265524

1. Use Kirchoffs Voltage Law and Kirchoffs Current Law to complete the table for the circuit
below. Note that voltage, current and supplied power values can be negative.
+

I2
V2
+

V1
+

Element
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

I3

V5
I5
+

I1

V3

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V7

I7

V6
+ I6

+ V4
I4

Voltage (V)

Current (A)
0.5

Supplied Power (W)

5

-1
-3
6
1
1

2. A 173 ultra high precision resistor is to be made from 0.2mm diameter wire which has a
resistivity of 2.7 103 cm. What length of wire is required.

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Relevant tutorials: 1 & 2

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3. The charge that has flown through a 15 resistor is shown is the plot below.
Q (mC)
20

15

10

(a) How much charge has flown through the resistor at t = 7 seconds? .

10
t (s)
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Q=
(b) What is the current at t = 2.5 seconds? .

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I=
(c) How much energy is dissipated by the 15 resistor between t = 4 and t = 6 seconds.

E=
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4. Answer the questions for the circuit below. Note, be mindful of the current directions and
voltage polarities.
V1
V2

+
+
5

+
I1

10V

18V

I3

23V

I2

(a) Determine the unknown voltages V1 and V2 by using Kirchoffs Voltage Law. .

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V1 =
.
V2 =
(b) Use Ohms Law to calculate the current in each of the two resistors. .

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I1 =
.
I2 =
(c) Use Kirchoffs Current Law to determine the current I3 . .

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I3 =

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5. A 549m zinc pipe has a cross sectional area shown below where the width w = 18mm
and inner diameter d = 9mm. Calculate the end-to-end resistance of the pipe at room
temperature.

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R=

6. A length of copper wire is rated to carry an absolute maximum current of 7A. If the wire
is stretched uniformly by a factor of 1.6, what is the new current rating of the stretched
wire. Assume that the heat conductance (per unit area) from the surface of the copper to
air remains the same.

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I=
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Bonus
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