Chapter 32: Answers to Stop to Think Questions and Odd-Numbered Exercises and Problems

Stop to Think Questions

  1. 1. a. The instantaneous emf value is the projection down onto the horizontal axis. The emf is negative but increasing in magnitude as the phasor, which rotates ccw, approaches the horizontal axis.

  2. 2. c. Voltage and current are measured using different scales and units. You can’t compare the length of a voltage phasor to the length of a current phasor.

  3. 3. a. There is “no capacitor” when the separation between the two capacitor plates becomes zero and the plates touch. Capacitance C is inversely proportional to the plate spacing d, hence C→∞ as d → 0. The capacitive reactance is inversely proportional to C, so XC → 0 as C →∞.

  4. 4. (ωC)D>(ωC)C=(ωC)A>(ωC)B. The crossover frequency is 1/RC.

  5. 5. Above. VL>VC tells us that XL>XC. This is the condition above resonance, where XL is increasing with ω while XC is decreasing.

  6. 6. a, b, and c. You can always increase power by turning up the voltage. Power is maximum at resonance when the power factor is zero. The current leads the emf, telling us that the resonance frequency is higher than the emf frequency. We need to lower the resonance frequency to match the emf frequency, which can be done by increasing either L or C.

Exercises and Problems

  1. 1.

    1. 2.0×103 rad/s

    2. 71 V

  2. 3.

    The figure illustrates an e m f phasor on a coordinate plane.
  3. 5.

    1. 50 mA

    2. 50 mA

  4. 7.

    1. 1.9 mA

    2. 1.9 A

  5. 9.

    1. 50 Hz

    2. 4.8 μF

  6. 11.

    1. 80 kHz

    2. 0 V

  7. 13.

  8. 15. 1.6 μF

  9. 17.

    1. 10.0 Hz

    2. f Vc (V)
      12fc 4.47
      fc 3.53
      2fc 2.24
  10. 19.

    1. 3.0 V, 9.5 V

    2. 10 V, 3.2 V

  11. 21.

    1. 0.9770

    2. 0.9998

  12. 23.

    1. 0.80 A

    2. 0.80 mA

  13. 25.

    1. 24 μH

    2. 165 μA

  14. 27.

    1. 200 kHz

    2. 141 kHz

  15. 29.

    1. Z=70 Ω, I=0.072 A, ϕ=−44°

    2. Z=50 Ω, I=0.10 A, ϕ=0.0°

    3. Z=62 Ω, I=0.080 A, ϕ=37°

  16. 31. 1.0 Ω

  17. 33.

    1. 5×103 Hz

    2. 10 V, 32 V

  18. 35. 30°

  19. 37. 44 Ω

  20. 39. 0.75

  21. 43.

    1. ω=13RC

    2. 32ε0

  22. 45. 0.50 mm

  23. 47.

    1. IR=ε0R, IC=ε0(ωC)−1

    2. ε0(ωC)2+1R2

  24. 49.

    1. ε0/R2+ω2L2, ε0R/R2+ω2L2, ε0ωL/R2+ω2L2

    2. VR→ε0, VR→0

    3. Low pass

    4. R/L

  25. 51.

    1. 2.0 A

    2. −30°

    3. 150 W

  26. 53. 10 μT

  27. 55.

    1. 64 mA

    2. 48 mA

  28. 57.

    1. 3.6 V

    2. 3.5 V

    3. −3.6 V

  29. 61.

    1. 0.49 μH

    2. 10.3 Ω

  30. 63.

    1. 1.25×106 A

    2. 300 A

  31. 65.

    1. 0.44 kA

    2. 1.8×10−4 F

    3. 7.4 MW

  32. 67.

    1. 0.83

    2. 100 V

    3. 13 Ω

    4. 3.2×10−4 F

  33. 71.

    1. I=ε0/R in both cases

    2. 0