Electric Load
There are two connection of loads in a circuit. They are parallel connection and series connection. This note has brief introduction on electric loads and how they can be connected to a circuit.
Summary
There are two connection of loads in a circuit. They are parallel connection and series connection. This note has brief introduction on electric loads and how they can be connected to a circuit.
Things to Remember
- There are two connection of loads in a circuit. They are parallel connection and series connection.
- The cells are connected in such a way that the potential difference of the circuit is same as the cells used in the circuit but the time of current flowing increases is called parallel connection of loads in a circuit.
- Loads are said to be connected in the series when they are daisy chained together in a single line.
- Loads in series have a common current flowing through them as the current that flows through one load must also flow through the others as it can only take one path.
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Subjective Questions
Q1:
Find the upper quartile of the given data:
50, 40, 55, 60, 61, 70,49
Type: Short Difficulty: Easy
Q2:
Find third quartile (Q3) from the following data:
45, 30, 31, 37, 42, 43, 40, 48
Type: Short Difficulty: Easy
Q3:
2x + 1, 3x - 1, 3x + 5, 5x - 7, 51, 63 and 70are in ascending order. If the first quartile is 20. What will be the value of x.
Type: Short Difficulty: Easy
Q4:
Find the lower quartile from the following data 17, 25, 22, 18, 12, 14, 19, 11
Type: Short Difficulty: Easy
Q5:
Find the class of lower quartile (Q1) from the following data.
Marks | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 100 |
No. of students | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
Type: Short Difficulty: Easy
Q6:
1, 5, 7, 2x - 4, x + 7, 2x + 1 and 3x + 2 are in ascending order. If the third quartile is 15. What will be the value of x.
Type: Short Difficulty: Easy
Q7:
Calculate the class of third quartile from the given data.
Marks | 0 - 10 | 10 - 20 | 20 - 30 | 30 - 40 |
No. of students | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
Type: Short Difficulty: Easy
Q8:
Find the upper quartile from the following data.
Marks | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 |
No. of students | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Type: Short Difficulty: Easy
Q9:
From the first quartile class from the given graph.
Type: Short Difficulty: Easy
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Electric Load
When a wire is joined to a positive and a negative terminal of a source of electricity that completes a circuit and electrons start to flow and we get an electric current. Then we can add appliances like bulbs or bells or fans etc. to the circuit and use the current from the circuit to do some work. The appliances that use electric energy and convert it to different forms of energy are called electric loads. They pose some resistance to the flow of electricity.
Connection of loads in a circuit:
If we have to join two or more loads in a circuit then it can be done in two ways:
- Parallel Connection:
In this connection, the loads are connected in such a way that electric current divides up among the loads but the potential difference remains the same. To achieve this, the positive terminal of all the loads (that are supposed to be in parallel connections) are connected to the same spot of the positive part of the circuit and the negative terminal of all the loads (that are supposed to be in parallel connections) are connected to the same spot of the negative terminal of the circuit. The added load work as mini circuits and work independently of each other. The brightness of the bulb is not affected due to addition or removal of bulbs in parallel connection because of same potential difference. So this type of connection is done in our house. If any one of the load fails it does not affect other loads (they work fine). In parallel connection, the reciprocal of equivalent resistance is equal to the sum of reciprocal of individual resistances i.e. $$\frac{1}{R}=\frac{1}{R_1}+\frac{1}{R_2}+\frac{1}{R_3}+...+\frac{1}{R_n}$$
- Series Connection:
In this connection, the loads are connected such a way that the electric current flowing through each resistance is equal but the potential difference is different. To achieve this, the loads are connected in series with each other (that's where the name series come from). The current flows continuously through the loads in a straight line. If one of the loads fails, the circuit becomes open and none of the loads would work. The sum of potential difference across the loads gives the total potential difference of the circuit i.e. $$V = V_1 + V_2+ V_3+...+ V_n$$
- . The effective resistance is also the sum of the individual resistance of each load i.e. R = R1 + R2+ R+...+Rn. The brightness of the bulb is reduced when we add bulbs into the circuit because the potential difference is divided among the loads.
Lesson
Electricity and Magnetism
Subject
Science
Grade
Grade 10
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