NAME: SHIELA MERCURIO

G12- STEM B - ST. AMBROSE

DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: Explain and Describe based on what you understand.

1. A student in a physics lab mistakenly wired a light bulb, battery, and switch as shown. Explain why the
bulb is on when the switch is open, and off when the switch is closed. (Do not try this—it is hard on the
battery!)
As the device is directly in contact with the voltage source and so the circuit is complete even if the
switch is open this is the reason why the bulb is on. If the switch is closed, both the switch and device
comes in a parallel orientation and hence the bulb is off.

2. Explain which battery is doing the charging and which is being charged in Figure below.
The battery E2 (18V)has higher electromotive force than the battery E1 (12V). So that means the
current flows out of the battery E2 and goes into battery E1. Therefore, battery E2 is being the charger
and battery E1is being charged.

PROBLEM SOLVING QUESTION: Solve the following problems. Show all necessary solutions to justify
your answers. All final answer must be up to the 3rd decimal places with the appropriate units. Box your
final answers.

1. (a.) A defibrillator sends a 6.00A current through the chest of a patient by applying a 10,000V
potential. What is the resistance of the path?
(b.) The defibrillator paddles make contact with the patient through the conducting gel that greatly
reduces the path resistance. Explain the possible difficulties that would ensue if a larger voltage were
used to produce the same current through the patient, but with the path having perhaps 50 times the
resistance. (Hint: Explain reaction through power)
2. How many volts are supplied to operate an indicator light on a DVD player that has a resistance of 140
Ω, given that 25.0mA passes through?

3. A power transmission line is hung from metal towers with glass insulators having resistance of
1.00GΩ. What current flows through the insulator if the voltage is 200kV?
4. What is the resistance of a 20.m long piece of 12 gauge copper wire having a 2.053mm diameter?
(ρcopper= 1.72x108 Ω.m)

5. An electric heater consumes 5.00kW for 2.00h per day.

(a.) What is the cost of running it for one year if electricity cost Php 13.5186/kW.h?

(b.) What is the power efficiency if the heater was marked with 220V,30A Rating?
(c.) Is it advisable to use the electric heater?

I think it is not advisable to use the electric heater because the power output is much higher than the
power input which means to say that more energy isbeing transferred that is being supplied.

Reflection
What is the relationship between voltage and energy? More precisely, what is the relationship
between potential difference and electric potential energy?

Voltage is the common name for potential difference. Voltage is the potential difference between two
points, in an electrical field and it is defined as the energy per unit charge. Consider an electric field
caused by the source charge, as well as two points A and B in this field. Work must be done on a unit
positive charge brought to point A from someplace outside the field. W = U = V = potential at point A is
the work stored in the charge as electric potential energy. If the charge is not a unit charge but rather a
charge of a different value, q, the energy stored in the charge is U1 = qV1. This equation gives the
relation between potential and energy.The potentials and energies at points A and B will not be equal as
different amounts of work has been done in bringing charge q to these points. Now if we place the
charge q at point A and take it slowly to point B, the amount of work done will be W2 –W1 = U2 –U1 =
qV2 –qV1 OR ΔU = q ΔV Since q is constant, therefore, ΔU is proportional to ΔV. This is the relation
between potential difference and the potential energystored in a charge between the two points.