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  1. A circuit has 3 capacitors in series, A = 5 \(\mu\)F, B = 10 \(\mu\)F, C = 20 \(\mu\)F, with a 10 V battery. Find the potential difference across each individual capacitor.

    capacitors in series physics example problem

  2. A circuit has 2 capacitors in parallel, A = 20 \(\mu\)F, B = 10 \(\mu\)F, with a 10 V battery. Find the potential difference across each capacitor, and the charge of each capacitor.

    capacitors in parallel physics example problem

  3. What are the voltage drops across each capacitor? How much energy will capacitor C store?

    circuit analysis physics example problem

    A = 20 \(\mu\)F

    B = 5 \(\mu\)F

    C = 10 \(\mu\)F

    The battery is 12 V

  4. What are the charges and voltage drops across each capacitor?

    circuit analysis physics example problem

  5. What is the total energy stored by the 36 \(\mu\)F capacitor?

    energy stored in a capacitor

  6. If the potential difference across the 20 \(\mu\)F capacitor is 12 V. What is the potential difference supplied by the battery? How much energy is stored in the 25 \(\mu\)F capacitor?

    circuit analysis energy capacitor

  7. Find current and potential difference for each resistor.

    resistors in parallel physics example problem

  8. Find the current flowing through the other two branches and the value of the resistor in the circuit below.

    kirchhoff's law circuit physics example problem

  9. How much current flows through the 3 \(\Omega\) resistor? The 4.5 \(\Omega\) resistor? What is the value of \(\Sigma\)?

    kirchhoff's current law example problem

  10. A circuit has the following R = 10 k\(\Omega\), C = 25 \(\mu\)F, \(\epsilon\) = 12 V.

    How long will it take to charge the capacitor, C, to 10 V ?

    How much current is flowing in the circuit at that time?

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