Prof. Rich Kozick
ELEC 101, Spring 1998

Homework 3


Date Assigned: Monday, January 26, 1998
Date Due: Monday, February 2, 1998

  1. Please finish reading Chapter 1 in the Bobrow text.

  2. Please submit solutions to the following problems in Chapter 1 of the text:
    7, 8, and 10 on Ohm's law
    18, 26, and 29 on Kirchhoff's laws

  3. Suppose you have three 1 k ohm resistors available. Can you connect them in such a way to achieve the following equivalent resistance values? If so, specify your design.
    (a) 3 k ohm
    (b) 333 ohm
    (c) 1.5 k ohm

  4. How much power is dissipated in the light bulb demonstrated in class, if the battery provides 9 volts and the current through the light bulb is 30 mA?
Thank you.