Project

AIM: The aim of this project was to find the area of a floor plan we chose. We had to find out the current and voltage of our light bulbs in our house. 

Method: I have two bedrooms and one bathroom. The template chosen is plan C.

The amount of bulbs I have is 10, the bulbs are all throughout my house. 

Results: I have 5 pathways for my circuit with an area of 150.3175msquared. The areas of each room

Bed1: 28m^2

Bed2: 12m^2

Bathroom: 12m^2

Entrance: 25m^2

Triangle: 7.5m^2

Semicircle: 9.8175m^2

Kitchen/Living: 36m^2

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The voltage of pathway one is 200V with one lightbulb. Pathway two, each of my lightbulbs is 66.67V,

pathway three is 50V on each bulb,

pathway 4 200V and the same with the last pathway. 

The total current of my house: 28.67

Discussion:

Voltage is the amount of energy given by the “source” or battery. 

Current is the rate of flow by electrons. 

Resistance is about pushing back, if you change the resistance on your light bulb the more resistance the slower the electrons. 

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- What are fuses? Fuses are electrical devices that interrupt the flow of the current. It blows up when too much current flows through it. 

- How are fuses used in a house? Fuses are used to blow up when too much current flows in it, this is because it will prevent a fire. 

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The way I found the voltage of the light bulbs was by dividing the voltage from the battery by the number of light bulbs I have on each pathway/lane of the circuit. The calculations make sense because 200/4 is 50 so the amount of V in each bulb on line three is 50. 

I enjoyed doing this project because I like mathematics and physics. Learning about VIR is very interesting because I have not really heard much about this. I would not do anything differently because I am happy with the outcome of this project. Choosing a floor plan and calculating the area was the easiest part of it all as I have done that before. I didn’t know anything about VIR before learning about it so it was slightly difficult until you learn the formulae of each perspective.