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UofR-ENEL280 - Midterm Exam - Solution

The document is a midterm exam solution for an electric circuits course. It contains solutions to 3 questions involving circuit analysis techniques like source transformations, nodal analysis, mesh analysis, and superposition. Question 1 involves using source transformations and nodal analysis to find the current i0. Question 2 uses superposition to find the voltage v and the power dissipated in a 10 ohm resistor. Question 3 uses mesh analysis and source transformations to verify each other in finding the current i0 in another circuit. The techniques are applied to various RC circuits depicted in figures 1-3 to solve for unknown currents and voltages.

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UofR-ENEL280 - Midterm Exam - Solution

The document is a midterm exam solution for an electric circuits course. It contains solutions to 3 questions involving circuit analysis techniques like source transformations, nodal analysis, mesh analysis, and superposition. Question 1 involves using source transformations and nodal analysis to find the current i0. Question 2 uses superposition to find the voltage v and the power dissipated in a 10 ohm resistor. Question 3 uses mesh analysis and source transformations to verify each other in finding the current i0 in another circuit. The techniques are applied to various RC circuits depicted in figures 1-3 to solve for unknown currents and voltages.

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Electric Circuits

“ENEL 280-001”

University of Regina, Faculty of Engineering & Applied Sciences

Dr. Mohamed Elsamahy, P.Eng.


Midterm Exam Solution
Electric circuits – Midterm Exam Solution

Q1 (8 marks)

Fig. 1.
a) Use source transformations to find the current i0 in the circuit shown in Fig. 1.
b) Verify your solution of part (a) by using the Nodal analysis to find i0.
Note: Maintain the same direction of the current i0 during your solution for part a and b.

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Electric circuits – Midterm Exam Solution

Q1 - Solution
A- Using source transformation:

𝑉𝑆 = 𝐼𝑃 × 330Ω
𝑉𝑆 = 0.025A × 330Ω = 8.25 V 𝑉𝑆 = 𝐼𝑃 × 270Ω
𝑉𝑆 = 0.025A × 270Ω = 6.75 V

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Electric circuits – Midterm Exam Solution

Q1 - Solution
B- Using Nodal analysis:

Apply KCL at node 1:


v2 – v1
-

Rearranging the above equation results in: v1 – 0.6875 v2 = -2.578 ------(1)


Apply KCL at node 2:

Rearranging the above equation results in: -v1 +1.556v2 = 3.75 ------(2)
Solving equations 1 & 2 results in:

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Electric circuits – Midterm Exam Solution

Q2 (6 marks)
a) Use the principle of superposition to find the voltage v shown in the circuit of Fig. 2.
b) Find the power dissipated in the 10Ω resistor.

Fig. 2.

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Electric circuits – Midterm Exam Solution

Q2 - Solution
- 110 V source acting alone:
i1

v1

- 2Ω in series with 12 Ω and their equivalent Req 1 = 12 + 2 = 14 Ω.


i1
- Req 1 (of 14 Ω) // 10 Ω

v1 35/6 Ω
i1

v1

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Electric circuits – Midterm Exam Solution

Q 2 - Solution
- 4 A source is active alone:
Req 1 = 10/3 Ω

v2
Req 2 = 16/3 Ω

- 5Ω in parallel with 10 Ω results in: - v2 +


Req 1 = (10 × 5)/(10 + 5) = 50/15 = 10/3 Ω.
10/3 Ω
- Req 1 (of 10/3 Ω) in series with 2 Ω, results in:
Req 2 = 10/3 + 2 = 16/3 Ω
- Req 3 (of 16/3 Ω) // 12 Ω results in:
Req 3= 48/13 Ω
- Vx = 4 × 48/13 = 192/13 V = V12Ω
- Therefore, we can use the voltage divider rule between 2Ω and
10/3Ω to calculate v2
v2 = [(-192/13) × (10/3)]/((10/3)+(16/3)) = - 9.231 V
vx
Finally v = v1 + v2 = 59.231 + (-9.231) = 50 V 2/3
Electric circuits – Midterm Exam Solution

Q3 (6 marks)

1.5 Ω

Fig. 3.

a) Use the Mesh analysis to find the current i0 in the circuit shown in Fig. 3.
b) Verify your solution of part (a) using source transformations to find the current i0.
Note: Maintain the same direction of the current i0 during your solution for part a and b.

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Electric circuits – Midterm Exam Solution

Q3 - Solution + - + -
A- Using Mesh analysis:
+ - i0
- +
- +
-
+

- Applying KVL on mesh a:


6(ia – 2) + 6ia + 5(ia – 1) + 17(ia – ib) = 34 (1)

- Applying KVL on mesh b:


17(ib – ia) + 1.5ib = -34 (2)

Solving equations 1 & 2 results in:

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Electric circuits – Midterm Exam Solution

Q3 - Solution + -
B- Using source transformation:
+ - i0
- +
- +
-
𝑉𝑆 = 𝐼𝑃 × 5Ω +
𝑉𝑆 = 1A × 5Ω = 5 V

- Since both 12 V and 5V sources have same polarity then


combine them into a single voltage source of 17 V.

- Combine the series resistors 6Ω, 6 Ω & 5Ω = 17Ω


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Electric circuits – Midterm Exam Solution

Q3 - Solution
B- Using source transformation:
17
𝐼𝑃 = = 1𝐴
17

34
𝐼𝑃 = = 2𝐴
17
- The circuit can be further reduced as follows:

- Using current divider rule results in:

i0

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