Exercises

Figure E26.34

Figure E26.27
2.00 A
+

20.0 V

E1

17 V

E2
+
6.00 V
5.00 A

26.28 .. In the circuit shown Figure E26.28

in Fig. E26.28, nd (a) the cur2.00 V 10.00 V
rent in each branch and (b) the
3.00 V
+ a
potential difference Vab of
1.00 V 5.00 V
point a relative to point b.
4.00 V
+
26.29 . The 10.00-V battery
b
in Fig. E26.28 is removed
10.00 V
from the circuit and reinserted
with the opposite polarity, so
that its positive terminal is now next to point a. The rest of the circuit is as shown in the gure. Find (a) the current in each branch
and (b) the potential difference Vab of point a relative to point b.
26.30 . The 5.00-V battery in Fig. E26.28 is removed from the
circuit and replaced by a 20.00-V battery, with its negative terminal next to point b. The rest of the circuit is as shown in the gure.
Find (a) the current in each branch and (b) the potential difference
Vab of point a relative to point b.
26.31 .. In the circuit shown in Fig. E26.31 the batteries have
negligible internal resistance and the meters are both idealized.
With the switch S open, the voltmeter reads 15.0 V. (a) Find the
emf E of the battery. (b) What will the ammeter read when the
switch is closed?
Figure E26.31
30.0 V
+

20.0
V
+

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25.0 V
S

50.0
V
V

6.0 V 20.0 V

25 V

3.0 V
13 V

19 V
A

1.0 V

Section 26.3 Electrical Measuring Instruments

26.35 . The resistance of a galvanometer coil is 25.0 , and the

current required for full-scale deection is 500 mA. (a) Show in a
diagram how to convert the galvanometer to an ammeter reading
20.0 mA full scale, and compute the shunt resistance. (b) Show
how to convert the galvanometer to a voltmeter reading 500 mV
full scale, and compute the series resistance.
26.36 . The resistance of the coil of a Figure E26.36
pivoted-coil galvanometer is 9.36 , and a
RG
current of 0.0224 A causes it to deect full
scale. We want to convert this galvanomeR
ter to an ammeter reading 20.0 A full scale.
Shunt
The only shunt available has a resistance of
0.0250 . What resistance R must be connected in series with the
coil (Fig. E26.36)?
26.37 . A circuit consists of a series combination of 6.00-k and
5.00-k resistors connected across a 50.0-V battery having negligible internal resistance. You want to measure the true potential
difference (that is, the potential difference without the meter present) across the 5.00-k resistor using a voltmeter having an internal resistance of 10.0 k. (a) What potential difference does the
voltmeter measure across the 5.00-k resistor? (b) What is the
true potential difference across this resistor when the meter is not
present? (c) By what percentage is the voltmeter reading in error
from the true potential difference?
26.38 . A galvanometer having a resistance of 25.0 has a
1.00- shunt resistance installed to convert it to an ammeter. It is
then used to measure the current in a circuit consisting of a 15.0-
resistor connected across the terminals of a 25.0-V battery having
no appreciable internal resistance. (a) What current does the
ammeter measure? (b) What should be the true current in the circuit (that is, the current without the ammeter present)? (c) By what
percentage is the ammeter reading in error from the true current?
26.39 . In the ohmmeter in Fig. E26.39 M is
Figure E26.39
a 2.50-mA meter of resistance 65.0 . (A
2.50-mA meter deects full scale when the
M
current through it is 2.50 mA.) The battery B
a b
B
has an emf of 1.52 V and negligible internal
Rx
R
resistance. R is chosen so that when the terminals a and b are shorted 1Rx = 02, the meter reads full scale.
When a and b are open 1Rx = q 2, the meter reads zero. (a) What
is the resistance of the resistor R? (b) What current indicates a
resistance Rx of 200 ? (c) What values of Rx correspond to meter
deections of 14, 12, and 34 of full scale if the deection is proportional to the current through the galvanometer?
+

26.32 .. In the circuit shown Figure E26.32

in Fig. E26.32 both batteries
12.0 V
have insignicant internal
+
E5?
resistance and the idealized
48.0
+
ammeter reads 1.50 A in the
15.0
V
75.0 V
V
direction shown. Find the emf
A
E of the battery. Is the polarity
shown correct?
26.33 . In the circuit shown Figure E26.33
in Fig. E26.33 all meters are
100.0 V
a
idealized and the batteries
15.0
have no appreciable internal
+
S
V
25.0 +
resistance. (a) Find the readV
75.0
V
ing of the voltmeter with the
A
V
switch S open. Which point is
b
at a higher potential: a or b?
(b) With the switch closed, nd the reading of the voltmeter and
the ammeter. Which way (up or down) does the current ow
through the switch?
26.34 .. In the circuit shown in Fig. E26.34, the 6.0- resistor is
consuming energy at a rate of 24 J/s when the current through it ows
as shown. (a) Find the current through the ammeter A. (b) What are
the polarity and emf E of the battery, assuming it has negligible internal resistance?

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3.00 V

4.00 V
3.00 A

75.0
V

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Section 26.4 R - C Circuits

26.40 . A 4.60-mF capacitor that is initially uncharged is connected in series with a 7.50-k resistor and an emf source with
E = 245 V and negligible internal resistance. Just after the circuit
is completed, what are (a) the voltage drop across the capacitor;