PHY3030U: Electronics

Assignment 1
Due date is Tuesday, January 20
1. The internal resistance of a 1.5 V zinc-carbon battery is found to be 1.0 . What is the maximum
current available?
2. Suppose that a 25 V battery had been applied to the terminals of the circuit in the figure below.
Calculate the current in the 5 resistor.

3. Calculate the Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits.

4. The circuit in the figure has been connected for a long time. (a) What is the voltage across a capacitor?
(b) If the battery is disconnected, how long does it take the capacitor to discharge to one tenth of its
initial voltage?