15EEE111 Fundamentals of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

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Assignment #1 Due Date: 26 December 2018

Q1. A rechargeable flashlight battery is capable of

delivering 85 mA for about 12 h. How much charge Q6. Evaluate Req for the circuits shown.
can it release at that rate? If its terminals voltage is
1.2 V, how much energy can the battery deliver?

Q2. A flashlight battery has a rating of 0.8 ampere-

hours (Ah) and a lifetime of 10 hours.
(a) How much current can it deliver?
(b) How much power can it give if its terminal
voltage is 6 V?
(c) How much energy is stored in the battery in
kWh?

Q3. Calculate the equivalent resistance Rab

Q7. How much energy does a 10-hp motor deliver

in 30 minutes?

Q8. Find Req and io in the circuit.

Q4. Find equivalent resistance Rab in the circuit

Q9. (a) Three light bulbs are connected in series to

a 120-V source as shown. Find the current I
through the bulbs. Each bulb is rated at 120 volts.

Q5. For the circuit shown, obtain the equivalent

resistance at terminals a-b.

(b) If the three bulbs are connected in parallel to the

120-V source, calculate the current through each
bulb.

Q10. An electric heater draws 1000 W from a 250 V

source. What power does it take from a 208 V
source? What is the resistance of the heater?

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 15EEE111 Fundamentals of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
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Assignment #1 Due Date: 26 December 2018

Q11. Calculate the voltage v„ for the voltage divider Q17. Two delicate devices are rated as shown
circuit shown. Calculate the power dissipated in R1 below. Find the values of the resistors needed to
and R2. power the devices using a 24-V battery.

Q12. Find the equivalent capacitance with respect Q18. The voltage divider shown below has a
to the terminals a-b for the circuit shown switched load. Determine the voltage at each tap
(V1, V2, and V3) for each position of the switch.

Q13. A electric broiler draws 12A at 115 V for a

period of 3 h. If electrical energy costs Rs.5 per
kilowatt- hour, determine the cost of operating the
broiler.

Q14. A resistor is known to dissipate 27.8 kWh of

energy in 30 min while drawing a current of 10 A. Q19. What is the greatest voltage that can be
Obtain the resistance. applied across a 1/8 W, 2.7 MΩ resistor without
Causing it to overheat?
Q15. What must be the length of 41 SWG round
copper wire so that the resistance will be 0.2 ohms? Q20. Use current division twice to find I1 in the
circuit shown below.
Q16. A loudspeaker is connected to an amplifier as
shown. If a 10 Ω loudspeaker draws the maximum
power of 12 W from the amplifier, determine the
maximum power a 4 Ω loudspeaker will draw.

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Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore