Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 31 - Fundamentals of Circuits - Exercises and Problems - Page 920: 81

Answer

$0.61\;\rm A$

Work Step by Step

According to Ohm's law $$V_B=IR$$ and our circuit here consists of the wire and the battery. So, $$I=\dfrac{V_B}{R}\tag 1$$ Now we need to find $R$ where we know that $$R=\dfrac{\rho L }{A }$$ Hence, $$dR=\dfrac{\rho dL }{A }$$ replacing $dL$ by $dx$; $$dR=\dfrac{\rho dx }{A }$$ Integrating both sides, $$\int_0^RdR=\int_0^L\dfrac{\rho dx }{A }$$ $$ R=\dfrac{1 }{A }\int_0^L\rho dx$$ where $\rho =(2.5\times 10^{-6})\left[1+x^2\right]$ $$ R=\dfrac{4(2.5\times 10^{-6}) }{\pi D^2 }\int_0^L\left[1+x^2\right]dx$$ $$ R=\dfrac{4(2.5\times 10^{-6}) }{\pi D^2 }\left[x+\frac{1}{3}x^3\right]_0^L$$ $$ R=\dfrac{4(2.5\times 10^{-6}) }{\pi D^2 }\left[L+\frac{1}{3}L^3\right] $$ Plug the given; $$ R=\dfrac{4(2.5\times 10^{-6}) }{\pi (1\times 10^{-3})^2 }\left[2+\frac{2^3}{3}\right] =\bf 14.85\;\rm\Omega$$ Thus, from (1), $$I=\dfrac{V_B}{R}=\dfrac{9}{14.85}$$ $$I=\color{red}{\bf 0.61}\;\rm A$$
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