Chapter 3 Short Answers

1. 1.4
2. a) 18 b)

= 6.0

= 3.0

= 27

3. a) The switch acts as a reverse switch, when it is open the bulb will be switched on, while
when the switch is closed, the bulb will be switched off.
b) The resistor is prevent short circuiting. Without it, when S is closed, a short circuit is
formed.
4.

= 0.355 and

= 476. The current can be found using Kirchhoffs second and a

quadratic equation involving is then obtained.

5. Use Kirchhoffs second law and the fact current through them is the same.
6. Both of the resistors voltage are the same, use Kirchhoffs first law to add them up.
7. Either 1.0 into the resistor, or 3.0 away from the resistor. In solving this problem, a
quadratic equation will be obtained which results in a positive and negative solution. A
negative solution should not be discarded as it represents current flowing in the opposite of
the specified direction for

8. By connecting the resistor to various voltages, using the ammeter (connected in series) and
voltmeter (connected in parallel), different potential differences and current of the
conductor can be obtained.
By plotting the current against its potential differences, if the graph obtained is linear and
passes through the origin, the conductor is then ohmic.
9. a) 6.0 b) 4 . For the current, a quadratic term is obtained and the negative solution have
to be rejected, reason being if the formula for voltage of a resistor is

and negative

current is used, it will mean the resistor is supplying voltage which is impossible.