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Potential Divider Questions

The document contains 10 questions about potential dividers, circuits involving resistors in series and parallel configurations, and calculating voltage values. The questions involve drawing circuit diagrams, calculating currents and voltages (V1, V2, V3) at different points in circuits using potential dividers, explaining why a circuit would or would not work, and determining the range of voltages that can be obtained from a potentiometer.

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Potential Divider Questions

The document contains 10 questions about potential dividers, circuits involving resistors in series and parallel configurations, and calculating voltage values. The questions involve drawing circuit diagrams, calculating currents and voltages (V1, V2, V3) at different points in circuits using potential dividers, explaining why a circuit would or would not work, and determining the range of voltages that can be obtained from a potentiometer.

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Potential Divider questions.

1. A potential divider consists of a 10k resistor in series with a 5k resistor and a


10V battery.
a. Draw a sketch of the circuit
b. Calculate the current in the circuit.
c. Calculate V1 and V2 in the circuit.
2. A potential divider consists of a 3k resistor in series with a 3.5k resistor and a
5V battery.
a. Draw a sketch of the circuit
b. Calculate V1 and V2 in the circuit.
3. A potential divider consists of a 3.0 resistor connected in series with a 6.0 , if
V2 =4V what is the value of V1?
4. A potential divider consists of two 4.0 resistors in parallel connected in series
with a 9.0 resistor and a battery of emf =10V.
a. Draw a sketch of this circuit.
b. Calculate the current in this circuit.
c. Calculate V1 and V2 in the circuit.
5. If a 3rd resistor (R3) was connected in series with the first two(R1 and R2) in the
circuit in Q4, what would this circuit look like?
a Calculate the value of V3
6V

100

50
A

6. A series circuit is connected as shown in the diagram. What is the potential


difference between A and B?
An additional resistor of 100 W is connected between the 50 W resistor and the
cells. What is the potential difference between A and B now?
The additional 100 W resistor is now connected in parallel with the first 100 W
resistor. What is the potential difference between A and B now?
7. A potential divider is made from a 4 kW and a 6 kW resistor connected in series
with a 20 V supply. Draw a diagram of the arrangement. What four values of
potential difference can be tapped off?
8. A student puts a 12 W variable resistor in series with a 6 V battery, expecting to
get a variable potential difference.

12
6V
V

9. The voltmeter is a high resistance digital multimeter. Explain why the circuit
won't work. Draw a circuit which would work.
10.

B is the wiper of a 100 W rotary potentiometer.

300
12 V
A

100

What is the full range of the potential difference that can be tapped off between
A and B?
Hints
Resistors are in the ratio 50 :100 so the potential difference splits up 1 : 2.
Work out the equivalent resistance of the two 100 W resistors in parallel first.
Find the pd set up across the potentiometer first by looking at the ratio of the
resistors.

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