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Electricity p4p5 General
Electricity p4p5 General
understand it well enough” ~ Albert Einstein ~ No. 17A, Jalan Indah 16/12, Taman Bukit Indah
Chapter: Electricity Contact: 07-2349168
Part 4: Electromotive Force and Internal Resistance 3. In battery which has an e.m.f of 3.0 V and an internal resistance of
0.5Ω is connected in series with a resistor of R Ω. If the current flow in
1. A battery of e.m.f 12 V is connected in series with a bulb in a circuit.
the circuit is 0.4A, calculate
The internal resistance of the battery is 0.4 Ω and the current flowing in
(a) The potential difference across resistor R,
the circuit is 5 A. What is the resistance of the bulb and the potential
(b) The resistance R
difference across the bulb?
2. What is the total e.m.f in the following arrangements of the batteries?
13. How much electrical energy is used in a bulb of 12V, 0.5A for 5
seconds?
14. When a direct current of 10 A is flowing through a resistance wire for
9. The diagram 5 shows 2 resistors, 1 Ω and P Ω are connected in series
5s, 100 J of heat energy is released. What is the resistance of the wire?
with a 2 V cell which has an internal resistance 0.5 Ω. When the switch
15. An electric lamp is labelled ‘24V, 40W’. when the bulb is lighted as
is closed, the current flowing in the circuit is 0.6 A.
normal, calculate
(a) What is the reading of the voltmeter?
(a) The current flowing through the filament,
(b) Determine the value of P.
(b) The resistance of the filament.
17. In Diagram 2, the current supplied by the battery is 3.0 A. how much
energy is lost by the 3Ω resistor in 1 minute?
21. A house is fixed with five 40 W lamps and two 100 W lamps. If the
lamp in the house are on for 6 hours every day in the whole January,
calculate
(a) The electrical energy used per day in kWh,
(b) The total electrical energy used in January,
(c) The cost of usage of the electrical energy in January if the cost for 1
unit is 25cents.
22. A student is doing cost estimation for the usage of electricity in his in
his house in one month. Table 1 shows the electrical appliances that are
18. Diagram 3 shows two light bulbs which are labelled ‘12V 12W’ and used in his house and the estimated time of electrical usage in one day.
‘12V 36W’ respectively are connected to a 12 V batter and an ammeter.
Electrical Rating Usage of electrical energy /
What is the reading of the ammeter?
appliances hour
19. Water is poured into an electric kettle an the kettle is connected to a
5 units lamps 240V, 40W 8
240V power source. The water takes 10 minutes to boil. If the kettle is
2 units of television 240V, 200W 6
connected to a 200 V power source and the current flow is still the
1 water heater 240 V, 2500W ½
same, how much time is needed for the water to reach its boiling point?
1 air conditioner 240 V, 2000W 8
Subject: Physics Form 5 “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t PUSAT TUISYEN NEWTON
understand it well enough” ~ Albert Einstein ~ No. 17A, Jalan Indah 16/12, Taman Bukit Indah
Chapter: Electricity Contact: 07-2349168
Table 2 shows the tariffs for the electrical usage for houses in a month.
Electrical energy Rate per unit / cents