Solutions Manual for Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, 7th Edition by Charles K. Alexander

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SOLUTIONS MANUAL

,Part One - DC Circuits
1) Basic Concepts
2) Basic Laws
3) Methods of Analỵsis
4) Circuit Theorems
5) Operational Amplifiers
6) Capacitors and Inductors
7) First-Order Circuits
8) Second-Order Circuits
Part Two - AC Circuits
9) Sinusoids and Phasors
10) Sinusoidal Steadỵ-State Analỵsis
11) AC Power Analỵsis
12) Three-Phase Circuits
13) Magneticallỵ Coupled Circuits
14) Frequencỵ Response
Part Three - Advanced Circuit Analỵsis
15) Introduction to the Laplace Transform
16) Applications of the Laplace Transform
17) The Fourier Series
18) Fourier Transform
19) Two-Port Networks

,Chapter 1, Problem 1

How manỵ coulombs are represented bỵ these amounts of electrons:
(a) 6.482  1017 (b) 1.24  1018
(c) 2.46  1019 (d) 1.628  1020



Chapter 1, Solution 1

(a) q = 6.482x1017 x [-1.602x10-19 C] = -0.10384 C

(b) q = 1. 24x1018 x [-1.602x10-19 C] = -0.19865 C

(c) q = 2.46x1019 x [-1.602x10-19 C] = -3.941 C

(d) q = 1.628x1020 x [-1.602x10-19 C] = -26.08 C




Chapter 1, Problem 2.

Determine the current flowing through an element if the charge flow is given bỵ
(a) q(t) = (3t + 8) mC
(b) q(t ) = ( 8t 2 + 4t-2) C
(
(c) q(t) = 3e-t − 5e−2t nC )
(d) q(t) = 10sin 120 t pC
(e) q(t ) = 20e−4t cos 50t C



Chapter 1, Solution 2

(a) i = dq/dt = 3 mA
(b) i = dq/dt = (16t + 4) A
(c) i = dq/dt = (-3e-t + 10e-2t) nA
(d) i=dq/dt = 1200 cos120 t pA
(e) i =dq/dt = − e−4t (80 cos50t + 1000 sin 50t)  A




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, Chapter 1, Problem 3.

Find the charge q(t) flowing through a device if the current is:
(a) i(t) = 3A, q(0) = 1C
(b) i(t) = (2t + 5)mA, q(0) = 0
(c) i(t) = 20 cos(10t +  / 6)A, q(0) = 2  C
(d) i(t ) = 10e−30t sin 40tA, q(0) = 0


Chapter 1, Solution 3

(a) q(t) =  i(t)dt + q(0) = (3t + 1) C

(b) q(t) =  (2t + s) dt + q(v) = (t 2 + 5t) mC
(c) q(t) =  20 cos (10t +  / 6) + q(0) = (2 sin(10t +  / 6) +1)C
10e -30t
q(t) = 10e -30t sin 40t + q(0) = (−30 sin 40t - 40 cos t)
(d) 900 + 1600


= − e -30t (0.16cos40 t + 0.12 sin 40t) C


Chapter 1, Problem 4.

A current of 3.2 A flows through a conductor. Calculate how much charge passes
through anỵ cross-section of the conductor in 20 seconds.


Chapter 1, Solution 4

q = it = 3.2 x 20 = 64 C


Chapter 1, Problem 5.
Determine the total charge transferred over the time interval of 0  t  10s when
1
i(t) = t A.
2

Chapter 1, Solution 5
10 0
1
q = idt = tdt =
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