27. Resistors & DC Circuits

Power in Circuits

Multiple Choice
A certain resistor is connected across a $9.0 V$ battery and dissipates $20 W$ of power. The battery is replaced with an $18 V$ battery. How much power is dissipated in the resistor now?
Multiple Choice
A hair dryer operates at 120 V (the voltage produced by a household outlet), and outputs 1200 W of energy. For this problem, treat the hair dryer as a single resistor.
(a) At what current does the hair dryer operate?
(b) What is the resistance of the hair dryer?
Multiple Choice
An incandescent lightbulb produces 100 W of light. If this lightbulb operates at 25% efficiency (meaning that out of all the power it generates, only 25% is released as light), what resistance must the lightbulb have if it operates at 120 V?
Multiple Choice
A $1.4 kW$ toaster is connected to a wall outlet, which provides a potential difference of $120 V$ . What is the effective resistance of the toaster?
Open Question
A typical small flashlight contains two batteries, each having an emf of 1.5 V, connected in series with a bulb having resistance 17 Ω. ((b) If the batteries last for 5.0 h, what is the total energy delivered to the bulb?
Open Question
A typical small flashlight contains two batteries, each having an emf of 1.5 V, connected in series with a bulb having resistance 17 Ω. (a) If the internal resistance of the batteries is negligible, what power is delivered to the bulb?
Open Question
The battery for a certain cell phone is rated at 3.70 V. According to the manufacturer it can produce 3.15 * 10^4 J of electrical energy, enough for 5.25 h of operation, before needing to be recharged. Find the average current that this cell phone draws when turned on.
Open Question
A heart defibrillator is used to enable the heart to start beating if it has stopped. This is done by passing a large current of 12 A through the body at 25 V for a very short time, usually about 3.0 ms. (b) how much energy is transferred?
Open Question
Electric eels generate electric pulses along their skin that can be used to stun an enemy when they come into contact with it. Tests have shown that these pulses can be up to 500 V and produce currents of 80 mA (or even larger). A typical pulse lasts for 10 ms. What power and how much energy are delivered to the unfortunate enemy with a single pulse, assuming a steady current?
Open Question
Consider the circuit of Fig. E25.30
. (c) At what rate is electrical energy being converted to other forms in the 8.0-V battery?
Open Question
Consider the circuit of Fig. E25.30
. (b) What is the power output of the 16.0-V battery?
Open Question
Consider the circuit of Fig. E25.30
. (a) What is the total rate at which electrical energy is dissipated in the 5.0-Ω and 9.0-Ω resistors?
Open Question
When a resistor with resistance R is connected to a 1.50-V flashlight battery, the resistor consumes 0.0625 W of electrical power. (Throughout, assume that each battery has negligible internal resistance.) (a) What power does the resistor consume if it is connected to a 12.6-V car battery? Assume that R remains constant when the power consumption changes.
Open Question
Consider the circuit of Fig. E25.30 (d) Show that the power output of the 16.0-V battery equals the overall rate of consumption of electrical energy in the rest of the circuit.
Open Question
A 1500-W electric heater is plugged into the outlet of a 120-V circuit that has a 20-A circuit breaker. You plug an electric hair dryer into the same outlet. The hair dryer has power settings of 600 W, 900 W, 1200 W, and 1500 W. You start with the hair dryer on the 600-W setting and increase the power setting until the circuit breaker trips. What power setting caused the breaker to trip?