EBK COLLEGE PHYSICS, VOLUME 2
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Chapter 17.4, Problem 17.4QQ
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Whether the resistance of diode is increasing or decreasing.
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EBK COLLEGE PHYSICS, VOLUME 2
Ch. 17.1 - Consider positive and negative charges all moving...Ch. 17.2 - Suppose a current-carrying wire has a...Ch. 17.3 - Look at the four circuits shown in Figure 17.6 and...Ch. 17.4 - Prob. 17.4QQCh. 17.4 - All electric devices are required to have...Ch. 17.4 - Suppose an electrical wire is replaced with one...Ch. 17.6 - Prob. 17.7QQCh. 17.6 - For the two resistors shown in Figure 17.12, rank...Ch. 17.6 - Two resistors, A and B, are connected in a series...Ch. 17.6 - The diameter of wire A is greater than the...
Ch. 17 - We have seen that an electric field must exist...Ch. 17 - A 12-V battery is connected across a device with...Ch. 17 - Prob. 3CQCh. 17 - In an analogy between traffic flow and electrical...Ch. 17 - Two copper wires A and B have the same length and...Ch. 17 - Two lightbulbs are each connected to a voltage of...Ch. 17 - Newspaper articles often have statements such as...Ch. 17 - There is an old admonition given to experimenters...Ch. 17 - What could happen to the drift velocity of the...Ch. 17 - Power P0 = I0 V0 is delivered to a resistor of...Ch. 17 - When is more power delivered to a lightbulb,...Ch. 17 - Prob. 1PCh. 17 - A copper wire has a circular cross section with a...Ch. 17 - In the Bohr model of the hydrogen atom, an...Ch. 17 - A typical lightning bolt may last for 0.200 s and...Ch. 17 - Prob. 5PCh. 17 - Prob. 6PCh. 17 - A 2.0 102-km-long high-voltage transmission line...Ch. 17 - An aluminum wire having a cross-sectional area of...Ch. 17 - An iron wire has a cross-sectional area of 5.00 ...Ch. 17 - Prob. 10PCh. 17 - Prob. 11PCh. 17 - Germanium is a semiconducting metal with a...Ch. 17 - Prob. 13PCh. 17 - Prob. 14PCh. 17 - Nichrome wire of cross-sectional radius 0.791 mm...Ch. 17 - Prob. 16PCh. 17 - A potential difference of 12 V is found to produce...Ch. 17 - The current supplied by a battery in a portable...Ch. 17 - A wire 50.0 m long and 2.00 mm in diameter is...Ch. 17 - Prob. 20PCh. 17 - Prob. 21PCh. 17 - The human body can exhibit a wide range of...Ch. 17 - Starting from Ohms law, show that E = J, where E...Ch. 17 - Prob. 24PCh. 17 - Prob. 25PCh. 17 - Prob. 26PCh. 17 - Prob. 27PCh. 17 - At what temperature will aluminum have a...Ch. 17 - At 20.0C, the carbon resistor in an electric...Ch. 17 - Prob. 30PCh. 17 - Prob. 31PCh. 17 - An engineer needs a resistor with a zero overall...Ch. 17 - In one form of plethysmograph (a device for...Ch. 17 - Prob. 34PCh. 17 - A 5.00-V power supply provides a maximum current...Ch. 17 - If electrical energy costs 0.12 per kilowatt-hour,...Ch. 17 - Residential building codes typically require the...Ch. 17 - A portable coffee heater supplies a potential...Ch. 17 - The heating element of a coffeemaker operates at...Ch. 17 - A typical cell phone consumes an average of about...Ch. 17 - Lightbulb A is marked 25.0 W 120. V, and lightbulb...Ch. 17 - Prob. 42PCh. 17 - A copper cable is designed to carry a current of...Ch. 17 - Batteries are rated in terms of ampere-hours (A ...Ch. 17 - The potential difference across a resting neuron...Ch. 17 - The cost of electricity varies widely throughout...Ch. 17 - An electric utility company supplies a customers...Ch. 17 - An office worker uses an immersion heater to warm...Ch. 17 - Two wires A and B made of the same material and...Ch. 17 - Prob. 50PCh. 17 - If a battery is rated at 60.0 A h, how much total...Ch. 17 - A car owner forgets to turn off the headlights of...Ch. 17 - Prob. 53APCh. 17 - A given copper wire has a resistance of 5.00 at...Ch. 17 - Prob. 55APCh. 17 - Birds resting on high-voltage power lines are a...Ch. 17 - Prob. 58APCh. 17 - You are cooking breakfast for yourself and a...Ch. 17 - The current in a conductor varies in time as shown...Ch. 17 - A 120.-V motor has mechanical power output of 2.50...Ch. 17 - Prob. 62APCh. 17 - A length of metal wire has a radius of 5.00 103 m...Ch. 17 - In a certain stereo system, each speaker has a...Ch. 17 - A resistor is constructed by forming a material of...Ch. 17 - When a straight wire is heated, its resistance...Ch. 17 - An x-ray tube used for cancer therapy operates at...Ch. 17 - A man wishes to vacuum his car with a canister...
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