homework 06 – FAUSAK, TAYLOR – Due: Feb 25 2008, 4:00 am
1
Question 1, chap 28, sect 4.
part 1 of 2
10 points
A 28 V battery has an internal resistance
r
.
1 A
28 V
r
42 Ω
56 Ω
internal
resistance
What is the value of
r
?
Correct answer: 4 Ω (tolerance
±
1 %).
Explanation:
I
1
I
2
I
3
E
r
R
2
R
3
internal
resistance
Let :
E
= 28 V
,
R
2
= 42 Ω
,
R
3
= 56 Ω
,
and
I
1
= 1 A
.
Since
R
2
and
R
3
are connected parallel,
their equivalent resistance
R
23
is
1
R
23
=
1
R
2
+
1
R
3
=
R
3
+
R
2
R
2
R
3
R
23
=
R
2
R
3
R
2
+
R
3
=
(42 Ω) (56 Ω)
42 Ω + 56 Ω
= 24 Ω
.
Using Ohm’s law, we have
E
=
I
1
r
+
I
1
R
23
r
=
E −
I
1
R
23
I
1
=
28 V
−
(1 A) (24 Ω)
1 A
= 28 Ω
−
24 Ω
=
4 Ω
.
Question 2, chap 28, sect 4.
part 2 of 2
10 points
Determine the magnitude of the current
through the 56 Ω resistor on the right-hand
side of the circuit.
Correct answer: 0
.
428571
A (tolerance
±
1
%).
Explanation:
The potential drop across the 56 Ω resistor
on the right-hand side of the circuit is
E
3
=
E −
I
1
r
= 28 V
−
(1 A) (4 Ω)
= 28 V
−
4 V
= 24 V
,
so the current through the resistor is
I
3
=
E
3
r
3
=
24 V
56 Ω
=
3
7
A
= 0
.
428571 A
,
and
I
2
=
I
1
−
I
3
= 1 A
−
3
7
A
=
4
7
A
=
0
.
571429 A
.
Question 3, chap 28, sect 4.
part 1 of 3
10 points
7
.
2 V
1 V
4
.
7 V
I
1
1
.
3 Ω
2 Ω
I
2
7
.
7 Ω
I
3
9
.
7 Ω
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homework 06 – FAUSAK, TAYLOR – Due: Feb 25 2008, 4:00 am
2
Find the current
I
1
in the 1
.
3 Ω resistor
at the bottom of the circuit between the two
power supplies.
Correct answer: 0
.
734918
A (tolerance
±
1
%).
Explanation:
E
1
E
2
E
3
I
1
R
A
R
B
I
2
R
C
I
3
R
D
At a junction (Conservation of Charge)
I
1
+
I
2
−
I
3
= 0
.
(1)
Kirchhoff’s law on the large outside loop gives
(
R
A
+
R
B
)
I
1
+
R
D
I
3
=
E
1
+
E
2
.
(2)
Kirchhoff’s law on the right-hand small loop
gives
R
C
I
2
+
R
D
I
3
=
E
3
.
(3)
Let :
R
A
= 1
.
3 Ω
,
R
B
= 2 Ω
,
R
C
= 7
.
7 Ω
,
R
D
= 9
.
7 Ω
,
E
1
= 7
.
2 V
,
E
2
= 1 V
,
and
E
3
= 4
.
7 V
.
Using determinants,
I
1
=
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
0
1
−
1
E
1
+
E
2
0
R
D
E
3
R
C
R
D
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
1
1
−
1
R
A
+
R
B
0
R
D
0
R
C
R
D
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
Expanding along the first row, the numera-
tor is
D
1
=
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
0
1
−
1
E
1
+
E
2
0
R
D
E
3
R
C
R
D
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
= 0
−
1
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
E
1
+
E
2
R
D
E
3
R
D
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
+ (
−
1)
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
E
1
+
E
2
0
E
3
R
C
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
vextendsingle
=
−
[(
E
1
+
E
2
)
R
D
− E
3
R
D
]
−
[
R
C
(
E
1
+
E
2
)
−
0]
=
R
D
(
E
3
− E
1
− E
2
)
−
R
C
(
E
1
+
E
2
)
= (9
.
7 Ω) (4
.
7 V
−
7
.
2 V
−
1 V)
−
(7
.
7 Ω) (7
.
2 V + 1 V)
=
−
97
.
09 V Ω
.

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