6 What is the principal difference between alternating current and direct current? Calculate the peak current in a 60 W lamp working from a 240 V (r.m.s.) supply. (L.) 7 (a) A signal generator of negligible internal resistance is connected to a 10kQ resistor, R. Figure 14B (i). Figure 14B (ii) shows the variation of the potential difference V across R with time. (® Find the frequency of the signal. }) Calculate the value of Vom. (iii) Sketch the variation of current in R with time ¢ for the same time interval as in Figure 14(ii). Label the axes. vy, 2.0) 1.9] us “i 1.0} -2.0 0.07 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 (iy Figure 14B . (iv) Use one or both of the graphs to determine the power dissipated in R at the instant when ¢ = 0015 s. | (b) Another resistor of value.20 k® is connected in the circuit in series with R and the signal generator. Calculate the mean power dissipated in this second resistor. (0.&C)11 A potential difference varying with time t as shown in the Figure 14C is applied to a capacitor of reagtance 1:0 kQ. (@) Use the graph to calculate (i) the peak value of the current in the circuit, and (ii) the capacitance of the capacitor. (b) Sketch a graph, using the same origin and time scale as in the diagram above, to show how the current varies with time over the first 40 ms. (6) Calculate the new peak value of the current if the frequency of the applied pa. were increased by a factor of 102, (L.) 12. Analternating voltage of 10 V r.ms. and frequency 50 Hzis applied to (i) a resistor of 5Q, (ii) an inductor of 2H, and (iii) a capacitor of 1 F. Determine the rms. current flowing in each case and draw a phasor diagram of the current and voltage for each. or) R c L : Lg nr av aN ev Figure 14D 13 A constant voltage source in the circuit illustrated supplies a sinusoidal alternating emf, Figure 14D. The voltages marked against the other components are the peak values developed across each for a particular value of the capacitance of C. (a) Determine (i) the peak value of the applied e.m.f, (ii) the phase angle between the applied e.m.f. and the current. (b) If the variable capacitor C is now adjusted until the voltage across R is a maximum, the circuit is said to be resonant. Explain why the current in the circuit has its maximum value when this is so. (L.)