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The document is a tutorial on Basic Electrical Engineering, consisting of various problems related to circuit analysis. It includes questions about counting nodes, elements, and branches in circuits, as well as calculations for currents and voltages in different configurations. Each problem references specific figures to aid in understanding and solving the electrical concepts presented.

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Tut_2

The document is a tutorial on Basic Electrical Engineering, consisting of various problems related to circuit analysis. It includes questions about counting nodes, elements, and branches in circuits, as well as calculations for currents and voltages in different configurations. Each problem references specific figures to aid in understanding and solving the electrical concepts presented.

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Basic Electrical Engineering

Tutorial 2

1. Referring to the circuit depicted in Fig. 1, count the number of (a) nodes; (b) elements; (c) branches.

Figure 1: Prob.1

2. Refer to the circuit of Fig. 2, and answer the following: (a) How many distinct nodes are contained in

the circuit? (b) How many elements are contained in the circuit? (c) How many branches does the circuit

have? (d) Determine if each of the following represents a path, a loop, both, or neither: (i) A to B (ii) B

to D to C to E (iii) C to E to D to B to A to C (iv) C to D to B to A to C to E

Figure 2: Prob.2

3. In the circuit shown in Fig. 3, the resistor values are unknown, but the 2 V source is known to be supplying

a current of 7 A to the rest of the circuit. Calculate the current labeled i2 .

Figure 3: Prob.3

4. In the circuit depicted in Fig. 4,ix is determined to be 1.5 A, and the 9 V source supplies a current of

7.6 A (that is, a current of 7.6 A leaves the positive reference terminal of the 9 V source). Determine the

value of resistor RA .

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Figure 4: Prob.4

5. Determine the current labeled I3 in the circuit of Fig. 5.

Figure 5: Prob.5

6. In the circuit of Fig. 6, it is determined that v1 = 3 V and v3 = 1.5 V. Calculate vR and v2 .

Figure 6: Prob.6

7. (a) Determine a numerical value for each current and voltage (i1, v1, etc.) in the circuit of Fig. 7. (b)

Calculate the power absorbed by each element and verify that they sum to zero.

8. Compute the power absorbed by each element in the circuit of Fig. 8 if the mysterious element X is (a) a

13 Ω resistor; (b) a dependent voltage source labeled 4v1 , ”+” reference on top; (c) a dependent voltage

source labeled 4ix , ”+” reference on top.

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Figure 7: Prob.7

Figure 8: Prob.8

9. Referring to the circuit depicted in Fig. 9 , determine the value of the voltage v.

Figure 9: Prob.9

10. Employing resistance combination and current division as appropriate, determine values for i1 , i2 , and v3

in the circuit of Fig. 10.

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Figure 10: Prob.10

11. In the circuit of Fig. 11, only the voltage vx is of interest. Simplify the circuit using appropriate resistor

combinations and iteratively employ voltage division to determine vx .

Figure 11: Prob.11

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