DC Problems

1. A nichrome wire is 1m long and 1*10 -6 m 2 in cross-sectional area. When connected to a

potential difference of 2V, a current of 4A exists in the wire. What is the resistivity of this
nichrome?
2. A 50 cm piece of copper wire with resistivity 3.4 x 10-5 Ω-m is used in a home heating element.
The cross-sectional area of the wire is 0.05 mm2. What is the resistance of the heating element?
3. A 75-W and 50-W incandescent light bulbs are designed for use with the same voltage. What is
the ratio of the resistance of the 75-W bulb to the resistance of the 50-W bulb?
4. Calculate the current passing through a 40W automobile headlight designed for 12V.
5. Some light bulbs are connected in parallel to a 120 V source. Each bulb dissipates an average
power of 60 W. The circuit has a fuse F that burns out when the current in the circuit exceeds 9
A. Determine the largest number of bulbs, which can be
used in this circuit without burning out the fuse.
6. Refer to the circuit on the side. (a) Find the total
resistance of the external circuit R T , considering an
ohmmeter is connected at terminals 1 and 2. Refer
to the figure on the side. (b) When an ideal battery
of 10v is connected to terminals 1 and 2, what is the
current passing through the 5 Ω resistor?
7. All of the resistances in the figure are 1 ohm each.
(a) What is the total resistance? (b) What is the
value of the total current? (c) What is the current
passing through the resistor labeled R 2 ? (d) What
is the voltage across the resistor labeled R 5 ? (e)
What is the voltage across the encircled part of the
circuit?
8. A storage battery has an emf of 6.7V and internal
resistance of 0.50Ω. Compute for the terminal
voltage of the battery when it is being charged with
2A.
9. The emf of a battery is 12 volts. When the battery
delivers a current of 0.5 ampere to a load, the potential
difference between the terminals of the battery is 10
volts. What is the internal resistance of the battery?
10. Solve for all the currents present
and the terminal potential
differences across each battery.

a b
ε1=15V 1Ω
9.5Ω

c d
ε2=10V 0.5Ω

1.4Ω
ε3=3V 0.1Ω
e f