APPLIED ELECTRICITY

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SOLUTION TO Q1

▪ Calculating the total resistance (𝑹𝑻 ) gives:

𝟏𝟒(𝟏𝟖)
𝑹𝑻 = 𝟏𝟐 +
𝟏𝟒 + 𝟏𝟖

𝑹𝑻 = 𝟏𝟗. 𝟖𝟕𝟓𝛀

▪ Thus, Calculating the total current (𝑰) that flows in the circuit gives.

𝟏𝟐𝟎
𝑰=
𝟏𝟗. 𝟖𝟕𝟓

𝑰 = 𝟔. 𝟎𝟑𝟖𝑨

▪ By applying current divider rule to calculate the current through the

𝟏𝟎𝛀 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐢. 𝐞 𝐈(𝟏𝟎𝛀) gives:

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 𝟏𝟒
𝑰(𝟏𝟎𝛀) = × 𝟔. 𝟎𝟑𝟖𝑨
𝟏𝟒 + 𝟏𝟖

𝑰(𝟏𝟎𝛀) = 𝟐. 𝟔𝟖𝟖𝑨

SOLUTION TO Q2

▪ Calculating the total resistance (𝑹𝑻 ) of the circuit gives:

𝟏𝟐(𝟏𝟔)
𝑹𝑻 = 𝟏𝟒 + [𝟏𝟓 // (𝟏𝟔 + )]
𝟏𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔

𝑹𝑻 = 𝟐𝟑. 𝟎𝟓𝟔𝟔𝛀

▪ Now calculating the total current (𝑰) flowing in the circuit gives:

𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝑰=
𝟐𝟑. 𝟎𝟓𝟔𝟔

𝑰 = 𝟒. 𝟑𝟑𝟕𝑨

▪ Calculating the current flowing through the 𝟏𝟔𝛀 resistor (𝑰𝒂 ) by applying current

divider rule yields.

𝟏𝟓
𝑰𝒂 = × 𝟒. 𝟑𝟑𝟕𝑨
𝟏𝟐(𝟏𝟔)
𝟏𝟓 + (𝟏𝟔 + 𝟏𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔)

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 𝑰𝒂 = 𝟏. 𝟕𝟏𝟖𝑨

▪ Ultimately, calculating the current flowing through the 𝟏𝟎𝛀 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐢. 𝐞 𝐈(𝟏𝟎𝛀)

yields:

𝟏𝟐
𝑰(𝟏𝟎𝛀) = × 𝟏. 𝟕𝟏𝟖𝑨
𝟏𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔

𝑰(𝟏𝟎𝛀) = 𝟎. 𝟕𝟑𝟔𝑨

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 SOLUTION TO Q3

▪ Calculating the equivalent resistance between the terminals A and B gives:

𝑹𝑨𝑩 = 𝟔 + [𝟏𝟎//(𝟔 + 𝟏𝟐//𝟏𝟓)]

𝟏𝟐(𝟏𝟓) 𝟐𝟎
𝟏𝟐//𝟏𝟓 = = 𝛀
𝟏𝟐 + 𝟏𝟓 𝟑

𝟐𝟎
𝟏𝟎 (𝟔 + 𝟑 ) 𝟗𝟓
𝟏𝟎//(𝟔 + 𝟏𝟐//𝟏𝟓) = = 𝛀
𝟐𝟎
𝟏𝟎 + (𝟔 + 𝟑 ) 𝟏𝟕

Ultimately,

𝟗𝟓
𝑹𝑨𝑩 = 𝟔 + 𝟏𝟕

𝟏𝟗𝟕
𝐑 𝐀𝐁 = = 𝟏𝟏. 𝟓𝟖𝟖𝛀
𝟏𝟕

SOLUTION TO Q4

𝑹𝑨𝑩 = {(𝟏𝟐//𝟏𝟔) + [(𝟏𝟓 + 𝟏𝟎//𝟖)//(𝟏𝟒 + 𝟗)]}

𝟏𝟐(𝟏𝟔) 𝟒𝟖
𝟏𝟐//𝟏𝟔 = = 𝛀
𝟏𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔 𝟕

𝟏𝟎(𝟖) 𝟏𝟕𝟓
𝟏𝟓 + 𝟏𝟎//𝟖 = 𝟏𝟓 + = 𝛀
𝟏𝟎 + 𝟖 𝟗

𝟏𝟕𝟓
𝟏𝟕𝟓 (𝟐𝟑) 𝟒𝟎𝟐𝟓
//𝟐𝟑 = 𝟗 = 𝛀
𝟗 𝟏𝟕𝟓 𝟑𝟖𝟐
𝟗 + 𝟐𝟑

Ultimately,
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 𝟒𝟖 𝟒𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝟒𝟔𝟓𝟏𝟏
𝑹𝑨𝑩 = + = 𝛀
𝟕 𝟑𝟖𝟐 𝟐𝟔𝟕𝟒

𝑹𝑨𝑩 = 𝟏𝟕. 𝟑𝟗𝛀

SOLUTION TO Q5
▪ Calculating the total current (𝑰) flowing from the 120V yields:
𝟏𝟐𝟎
𝑰=
𝟏𝟔 + 𝟏𝟒//(𝟏𝟖 + 𝟔)
𝟏𝟐𝟎
𝑰=
𝟏𝟒(𝟐𝟒)
𝟏𝟔 + 𝟏𝟒 + 𝟐𝟒

𝟐𝟖𝟓
𝑰= 𝑨 = 𝟒. 𝟖𝟑𝑨
𝟓𝟗
▪ Now, by applying current divider rule to calculate 𝑰𝟏 and 𝑰𝟐 yields.
𝟐𝟒 𝟐𝟖𝟓
𝑰𝟏 = ×
𝟏𝟒 + 𝟐𝟒 𝟓𝟗

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 𝟏𝟖𝟎
𝑰𝟏 = 𝑨 = 𝟑. 𝟎𝟓𝑨
𝟓𝟗
Also,
𝟏𝟒 𝟐𝟖𝟓
𝑰𝟐 = ×
𝟏𝟒 + 𝟐𝟒 𝟓𝟗
𝟏𝟎𝟓
𝑰𝟏 = 𝑨 = 𝟏. 𝟕𝟖𝑨
𝟓𝟗

SOLUTION TO Q6

▪ Calculating the total resistance (𝑹𝑻 ) of the circuit gives:

𝟏𝟒(𝟏𝟖)
𝑹𝑻 = 𝟏𝟖 + [𝟏𝟐 // (𝟏𝟔 + )]
𝟏𝟒 + 𝟏𝟖

𝑹𝑻 = 𝟐𝟓. 𝟗𝟖𝟔𝛀

▪ Now calculating the total current (𝑰) flowing in the circuit gives:

𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝑰=
𝟐𝟓. 𝟗𝟖𝟔

𝑰 = 𝟑. 𝟖𝟒𝟖𝑨

▪ Calculating the current flowing through the 𝟏𝟔𝛀 resistor (𝑰𝒂 ) by applying current

divider rule yields.

𝟏𝟐
𝑰𝒂 = × 𝟑. 𝟖𝟒𝟖𝑨
𝟏𝟒(𝟏𝟖)
𝟏𝟐 + (𝟏𝟔 + 𝟏𝟒 + 𝟏𝟖)

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 𝑰𝒂 = 𝟏. 𝟐𝟖𝟕𝑨

▪ Calculating the current flowing through the 𝟏𝟎𝛀 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐢. 𝐞 𝐈(𝟏𝟎𝛀) yields:

𝟏𝟒
𝑰(𝟏𝟎𝛀) = × 𝟏. 𝟐𝟖𝟕𝑨
𝟏𝟒 + 𝟏𝟖

𝑰(𝟏𝟎𝛀) = 𝟎. 𝟓𝟔𝟑𝑨

▪ Ultimately, calculating the voltage across the 𝟏𝟎𝛀 the resistor (𝑽𝟏 ) gives:

𝑽𝟏 = 𝟎. 𝟓𝟔𝟑 × 𝟏𝟎

𝑽𝟏 = 𝟓. 𝟔𝟑𝑽

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 SOLUTION TO Q7

▪ Considering the 240V Source and calculating the current flowing the 𝟏𝟔𝛀 resistor

(𝑰′𝟑 ) gives:

▪ Calculating the current flowing from the 240V source (𝑰):

𝟐𝟒𝟎
𝑰=
𝟏𝟖 + [𝟏𝟔//(𝟏𝟐 + 𝟏𝟓//𝟏𝟒)]

𝟐𝟒𝟎
𝑰= = 𝟖. 𝟗𝟕𝟕𝑨
𝟐𝟔. 𝟕𝟑𝟔

▪ Now, calculating the calculating the current flowing the 𝟏𝟔𝛀 resistor (𝑰′𝟑 ) by

applying current divider rule gives:

𝟏𝟐 + 𝟏𝟓//𝟏𝟒
𝑰′𝟑 = × 𝟖. 𝟗𝟕𝟕𝑨
𝟏𝟔 + (𝟏𝟐 + 𝟏𝟓//𝟏𝟒)

𝟓𝟓𝟖
𝑰′𝟑 = 𝟐𝟗 × 𝟖. 𝟗𝟕𝟕𝑨
𝟓𝟓𝟖
𝟏𝟔 + 𝟐𝟗

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 𝑰′𝟑 = 𝟒. 𝟗𝟎𝑨

▪ Similarly, Considering the 120V Source and calculating the current flowing the

𝟏𝟔𝛀 resistor (𝑰′𝟑 ) gives:

▪ Calculating the current flowing from the 120V source (𝑰):

𝟏𝟐𝟎
𝑰=
𝟏𝟒 + [𝟏𝟓//(𝟏𝟐 + 𝟏𝟖//𝟏𝟔)]

𝟏𝟖(𝟏𝟔) 𝟑𝟒𝟖
𝟏𝟐 + 𝟏𝟖//𝟏𝟔 = 𝟏𝟐 + = 𝛀
𝟏𝟖 + 𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟕

𝟏𝟐𝟎
𝑰=
𝟑𝟒𝟖
𝟏𝟓( 𝟏𝟕 )
𝟏𝟒 + 𝟑𝟒𝟖
𝟏𝟓 + 𝟏𝟕

𝑰 = 𝟓. 𝟐𝟗𝟔𝑨

▪ Calculating the current flowing through the 𝟏𝟐𝛀 resistor (𝑰𝒂 ) by applying current

divider rule yields.

𝟏𝟓
𝑰𝒂 = × 𝟓. 𝟐𝟗𝟔𝑨
𝟏𝟔(𝟏𝟖)
𝟏𝟓 + (𝟏𝟐 + 𝟏𝟔 + 𝟏𝟖)

𝑰𝒂 = 𝟐. 𝟐𝟑𝟗𝑨

▪ Calculating the current flowing through the𝟏𝟔𝛀 resistor ( 𝑰′′

𝟑 ) yields:

𝟏𝟖
𝑰′′
𝟑 = × 𝟐. 𝟐𝟑𝟗𝑨
𝟏𝟖 + 𝟏𝟔

𝑰′′
𝟑 = 𝟏. 𝟏𝟖𝟓𝑨

Ultimately the current flowing through the 𝟏𝟔𝛀 resistor ( 𝑰𝟑 ) yields:

𝑰𝟑 = 𝑰′𝟑 + 𝑰′′
𝟑

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 𝑰𝟑 = 𝟒. 𝟗𝟎 + 𝟏. 𝟏𝟖𝟔 = 𝟔. 𝟎𝟖𝟓𝑨

𝑰𝟑 = 𝟔. 𝟎𝟖𝟓𝑨

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