Chapter 1: Principles of electrical science

Activity sheet 1.3: Transposition 1

Aims and objectives
At the end of this activity, you should be able to:
● complete simple transposition using +/–
● complete simple formula transposition using divide, multiply, square and square root.

Instructions
Transpose the following formulae to make the highlighted character the subject of the
formula.

1. A = B – C (B)

2. A = (C + D) – E + B (C)

3. V = RI (I)

4. P = VI (V)

V2
5. P (R)
R

6. P = I2R (I)

7. V = √(P × R) (R)

P
8. R (I)
I2

(ρL )
9. R (ρ)
A

10. P = VICosθ (Cosθ)

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