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Step 1 of 7

Refer to the Figure 4.102 in the text book.

Designing the problem means that first we need to consider some values of the parameters of the circuit.

Assume the elements values in the circuit as follows.

Sketch the following circuit diagram as shown in Figure 1.

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Step 2 of 7

Consider the problem to determine the Thevenin’s equivalent circuit of Figure 1.

Calculation of the Thevenin’s Voltage:

Draw the following circuit diagram to determine the Thevenin voltage as shown in Figure 2.

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Step 3 of 7

Use nodal analysis in Figure 2.

Apply Kirchhoff’s current law at node .

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Multiply both sides by 40.

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Step 4 of 7

Apply Kirchhoff’s current law at node .

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Substitute the for in equation (1).

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Or

Therefore, the value of Thevenin voltage is .

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Step 5 of 7

Calculation of the Thevenin’s Resistance:

Replace voltage source with short circuit and current source with open circuit and look into the terminals ab to find the Thevenin resistance.

Draw the following circuit diagram to determine the Thevenin resistance.

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Step 6 of 7

Determine the Thevenin resistance using Figure 3.

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Therefore, the value of Thevenin resistance is .

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Step 7 of 7

Draw the Thevenin equivalent circuit as shown in Figure 4.

Therefore, the Thevenin’s equivalent circuit is shown in Figure 4 and the procedure has been explained.

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