TUTORIAL (Chapter 1 & 2)

1.
Electrical Definition Abbreviation Measurement
Quantities unit
charge

current

voltage

power

2. Use Ohm’s Law and Kirchoff’s Law to find the value of R in the circuit in Figure 1.

+
+
200V 120V
- -

Figure 1

Ans: R = 4
3. The value of ia in the circuit shown in Figure 2 is 20A. Find the following:
a). io
b). ig
c). the power delivered by the current source

ia

ig io

Figure 2
Ans: 80A, 100A, 80kW
4. Given the circuit shown in Figure 3, find
a). ia
b). ib
c). vo
d). the power dissipated in each resistor
e). the power delivered by the 50V source

ib

+ +
50V ia vo
- -

Figure 3
Ans: 2A, 0.5A, 40V, 25W, 80W, 20W, 125W
 5. For the Figure 4,
a). Calculate the equivalent resistance
b). Calculate the value of current, i
c). Calculate the power delivered by the source

+ 48
20V 15
-

18

(a)

Ans: 10, 2A, 40W

i 8 16 6

+ 12 15
144V 18 4 20 14
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(b)

Ans: 27, 5.33A, 768W

20 8 6

30
6A 60 15 48 15

10 18 10

(c)

Ans: 24, 2.4A, 864W

Figure 4