Electric Circuits

HW02

Fall 2016

1) Equivalent Circuits/Circuit Reduction

R2
4k
R3
R1
2k

4k
R4
6k

R5
9k

V1
R6
8k

R7
8k

R8
12k

In the above circuit determine:

a. The equivalent resisance seen by the voltage source.
b. Find the current through the voltage source.
c. Find the current through resistor R8.

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HW02

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2) Equivalent Circuit
R1
4k

R2
2k
V2

5V
R5

10V

V1

3k
R3
6k

R4
2k

R6
8k

In the above circuit determine:

a. An equivalent source (a single voltage source)
b. The equivalent resistance seen by the combined voltage source
c. The current through the voltage souce, V1
d. The current through the resistor R6

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V1

3) Node/Mesh Analysis

i1

i2

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V2

i3

a. Apply node analysis to determine V1 and V2

b. Apply mesh analysis to determine i1, i2, and i3

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HW02

Fall 2016

4) Superposition
R1
2k

V1

8V

R4

R3

V2

6k

3k

10V

R2
4k

I1
0.002

R5
1k

R6
5k

a. Use any method to determine the voltage across R2 (node, mesh, circuit reduction, source transformation...)

b. Find VR2 using superposition. (For each source, draw the schematic).