UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM

COLLEGE OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGIES DEPTMENT OF

ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING

ES173 TUTORIAL

1. For the circuit below find the Thevenin equivalent between terminals ‘a’ and ‘b’.
(Answer: Vth=10V, Rth=10Ω)

2. Find the Thevenin equivalent of the given circuit below at terminals a-b.
(Answer: Vth=60V, Rth=2.857 kΩ)

3. Determine the Thevenin equivalent of the given circuit below at terminals a-b.
(Answer: Vth=92V, Rth=28 Ω)
4. Find Norton equivalent resistance RN and current IN at terminals a-b of the circuit shown
below. (Answer : IN=4.5A, RN= 90Ω)

4. Find the Norton equivalent with respect to terminals a-b in the circuit shown below.
(Answer: IN=666.67mA, RN=10 Ω)

6. Find the current through R2 in the figure below using superposition theorem. The values of
resistances are in Ohms. (Answer: The current through R2 is 0.1 A following from nodes D to B).
7. Use superposition theorem to calculate the current in the 3 volts and 4 volts sources in the
network shown below. The values of resistances are in Ohms. (Answer: The current through
3 V source is 0.81 A flowing from node B to node A, the current through 4 V source is 0.469
A flowing from node A to node F).

8. Use source transformation to calculate the value of voltage va in the circuit below.
(Answer: va =7V)

9.Calculate the value of io in the circuit below using source transformation.

(Answer: io=1.78A)

10. Assume Io=1A, use linearity property to calculate the actual value of Io for the circuit
below. (Answer: Io=3A)