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2013 WAEC Physics Theory (a) Explain briefly the purpose of earthing electrical appliance. (b) Why does the light frorr...

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WAEC 2013

(a) Explain briefly the purpose of earthing electrical appliance.

(b) Why does the light frorr bulb connected to a simple cell dim and eventually goes off after a while?

(c) A coil of incidence 0.007 H, a resistor of resistance 8 \(\Omega\) and a capacitor capacitance 0.001 F are connected in series an a.c. source of frequency \(\frac{500}{\pi}\)Hz. If the r.m.s voltages across the coil, the resistor and capacitor are 30v, 20v and 70v respectively;

(i) draw a vector diagram to illustrate the voltage across the components in the circuit.

(ii) Calculate the: (\(\alpha\)) r.m.s voltage of the source

(\(\beta\)) r.m.s current in the circuit;

(\(\gamma\)) power dissipated in the circuit.

iii) write down the sinusoidal equation for the r.m.s voltage, V, in terms of the time, t.

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Explanation

(a) The earth wire is used on electrical appliances as a safety device to prevent electric shock when short circuit occurs in such appliances. The dangerous current is then passed into thq ground through the earth wire because the eartIthas a lower resistance than the body.

 

(b) Light from a bulb connected to a single cell dim and eventually goes off because of the defects of polarization and local action.

(c)

(i) \(V^2\)\(_{\text{rms}}\) + \(V_c - L_L)^2\)

\(V^2\)\( _{\text{rms}}\) = \(\sqrt{V^2 + (V_c - V_L)}^2\)

= \(\sqrt{30^2 + (70 - 30)^2}\)

= \(\sqrt{900 + 1600}\)

= 50v

(ii) (\(\beta\)) = X\(_L = 2\pi fL\)

= 2 \(\pi \times \frac{500}{\pi} \times 0.007\)

= 7 \(\Omega\)

But X\(_c = \frac{1}{2 \pi fC} = \frac{1}{2 \pi \times \frac{500}{\pi} \times 0.001}\)

= L\(\Omega\)

z = \(\sqrt{R^2 + (X_L - X_c)^2}\)

= \(\sqrt{8^2 + (7 - 1)^2} = \sqrt{64 + 36}\)

= \(\sqrt{100}\)

= 10\(\Omega\)

I = \(\frac{v}{z} = \frac{50}{10}\)

= 5.0 A


(iii) (\(\gamma\)) P = I\(^2R = 5^2 \times 8\) = 200W

\(V_o = V_\text{rms} \sqrt{2} = 50\sqrt{2} = 70.7V\)

But V\(_osin2 \pi ft\)

= 70.7\(sin 2 \times 2 \times \pi \times \frac{500}{\pi} \times t\)

= 70.7sin 1000t


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