1.

Supposed 25 resistors with the same resistance R are connected such as in the
figure below.

How much total resistance would it yield?

Solution:

= + + + +

= 5
1 1 1 1 1 1
= + + + +

1 5
=

1 5
= 5

=
 2. Consider the circuit below.

How much current will flow all throughout the circuit?

Solution:

67 = 5 + 5 = 10

2 10
567 = = 1.667
2 + 10
4567 = 10 + 1.667 = 11.667

11.667 5
34567 = = 3.5
11.667 + 5
234567 = 2 + 3.5 = 5.5

2 5.5
= = 1.467
2 + 5.5
= 5 (5) = 10

10
= = 6.818
1.467
 3. Consider the circuit below.

How much is the total current running throughout the circuit?

Solution:

30 15
= = 7.143
30 + 15 + 18
30 18
= = 8.571
30 + 15 + 18
15 18
= = 4.268
30 + 15 + 18

4 = 8.571 + 25 = 33.571

5 = 4.286 + 20 = 24.286

33.571 24.286
= = 14.092
33.571 + 24.286

= 14.092 + 7.143 = 21.235

24
= 21.235 = 1.130
 4. Consider the circuit below.

b c

Find all mesh currents.

Solution:

At mesh a: Solving simultaneously:

15 20( ) = 0 7 0 4 0
0 22 12 9
7 + 4 = 0 5 2 10 0

At mesh b: = 932 = 72

9 10 12( ) = 0 = 450 = 126

22 12 = 9

At mesh c:

20( ) 8 12( ) = 0 72
= = 0.077
932
5 + 3 10 = 0
450
= = 0.483
932
126
= = 0.135
932
 5. Consider the figure in problem 4 and the figure below.

Supposed that the total resistance is the same

in this circuit and the circuit in problem 4, what
would be the value of R7?

Solution:

15 20
23 = = 8.571
15 + 20

235 = 8.571 + 8 = 16.571

16.571 12
2345 = = 6.96
16.571 + 12

= 10 + 6.96 = 16.96

= 6 + 7

7 = 6

7 = 16.96 5 = 11.96
 6. Consider the figure below.

Find all mesh currents in the circuit.

Solution:

At mesh c:

= 4

At mesh a:

24 4 2( ) = 0

3 = 12; =4

= 5.333

At mesh b:

10 3( ) = 0

13 = 3; =4

= 0.923
 7. Find the three mesh currents present in the circuit below.

c
b

Solution:

At mesh a: Solving simultaneously:

9 0 9 10
20 18( ) = 0 0 5 2 0
9 2 17 0
9 9 = 10 = 324 = 810

At mesh b: = 180 = 1260

6 4( ) = 0

5 + 2 = 0

At mesh c: = 2.5

18( ) 4( ) 12 = 0 = 0.556

9 + 2 17 = 0 = 3889
 8. Using the equation 3 = 1 + 42 , find the value of the three resistors in the
circuit below.

2mA 4mA

Solution:

At mesh 2mA:

28 21 (2 (4))3 = 0

1 + 33 = 14

At mesh -4mA:

26 (4)1 (4 2)3 = 0

22 + 33 = 13

Solving simultaneously:

1 0 3 14
0 2 3 13
1 4 1 0
= 20 1 = 40

2 = 180 3 = 1260

1 = 2
2 = 0.5
3 = 4
 9. Find the total voltage being supplied throughout the circuit.

2A

Solution:

6
1 [ ] = 2
12 + 6

1 = 6

2 3
= 1 + [ ]
2 +3

12 6
= 1 + [ ]
12 + 6

= 5

= 1 = 6

= 6 5

= 30
 10. Find mesh a and mesh b in the circuit below.

a b

Solution:

12 (5 + 7)
= 8 + [ ]
12 + (5 + 7)

= 14

At common source 4A: Solving simultaneously:

1 1 4
=4
1 7 6

At supermesh: = 8 = 22

12 2 14 = 0 = 10

+ 7 = 6

= 2.75

= 1.25
 11. Find the Thevenin voltage and Thevenin resistance.

Solution:
5(10+5)
= 16 + [5+(10+5)]

= 19.75

At mesh i:

8 5 10( 1) 5 = 0

= 0.1
i

= 5(0.1) + 16(1) 0

= 16.5
 12. Find the Norton current the circuit in problem 11.

Solution:

At mesh i:

8 5 10( 1) 5( ) = 0

20 5 = 2

At mesh in:
i
5( ) 16( 1) = 0

21 5 = 16

Solving simultaneously:

20 5 2
5 21 16
= 395 = 330

= 0.835
 13. Find the Thevenin voltage.

Solution:

= 20 + 2(4) + 4(0) + 6(2)

= 40
 14. Resistor A has a power of 28W when connected in series with Resistor B and an
independent voltage source. Resistor A is 2 greater than Resistor B. If the
current flowing throughout the circuit is 5A, how much voltage is provided by the
source?

Solution:

175 = (5)2 ( + 2)

7 = ( + 2)

= 5

= (5 + 2) + 5

= 12

= 12 5

= 60
 15. Find the current flowing through R1.

Solution:

3
= [ ] = 60 [ ]
5

= 36

(15 + 5)10
= 12 + 20 + [ ]
(15 + 5) + 10

= 38.667

36
1 = =
38.667
1 = 0.931
 16. An inductor with an inductance of L, has a length l, cross sectional area A with N
number of coils. Use = 1.257 106 /.

a. What is its inductance upon doubling l?

b. What is its inductance upon doubling A?
c. If l=15mm, A=1mm2, N=15, how much will be the increase in inductance if N
would increase to 18 turns.

Solution:
2
=

1
a. 1 1 = 2 2

1 1
= 2 = = 2
2
= 2 = 0.5

1
b. = 2
1 2
1 2 (2)
= 2 = =
1

= 2 = 2

(15)2 1
c. 1 = 15
1 = 1.886 108

(18)2 1
2 =
15
2 = 2.715 108

2 1 = 0.829 108 = 8.29

 17. How much charge is present throughout the circuit?

Solution:

= 4 + 5 + 3
= 12

1
=
1 1 1
+ +
2 12 1

= 0.632

=
= 0.632 12
= 7.579
 18. Using source transformation, find the Thevenin voltage and Thevenin
resistance.

Solution:

= 1.825 = 1.628
 19. Given a simple R-L series circuit, find i(t) when t=15ms.

Solution:

() = (1 )

9 (2)(0.015)
40
() = (1 )
2

() = 4.5
 20. Find i(t) when t=0.25s.

Solution:

2 4
= + 10
2 + 4
= 11.333

() = (1 )

20 (11.333)(0.25)
() = (1 25 )
11.333

() = 1.765
 21. Using superposition theorem, find the voltage through R3.

Solution:

At V1 switched on:

20 15
= = 8.571
20 + 15
8.571
3 = 5 [ ] = 2.308
10 + 8.571

At V2 switched on:

10 15
= = 6
10 + 15
6
3 = 5 [ ] = 0.231
20 + 6

3 = 2.308 + 0.231 = 2.538

 22. Find all unknown currents.

Solution:

At first mesh (a): Solving simultaneously:

8 6 0 5
5 2 6( ) = 0 6 11 2 9
0 2 10 12
8 + 6 = 5

At second mesh (b): = 488

6( ) 3 9 2( ) = 0 = 134 = 0.275

6 11 + 2 = 9 = 228 = 0.467

= 540 = 1.107

At third mesh (c):

2( ) 8 + 12 = 0

2 10 = 12

1 = = 0.275 2 = = 0.712

3 = = 0.467 4 = = 1.574

5 = = 1.107
 23. Find the unknown node voltages.

Solution:

At common source 12V: Solving simultaneously:

1 1 12
1 2 = 12
8 7 4

At supernode V1V2: = 1
101 2 1
+ = +2 1 = 88 1 = 88
7 1 1

10 1 + 72 = 71 + 14 2 = 100 2 = 100

81 + 72 = 4
 24. Find Lab.

Solution:

2 5
12 = = 1.429
2 + 5

3 2
34 = = 1.2
3 + 2

567 = 1 + 6 + 10 = 17

= 1.429 + 1.2 + 17

= 19.629
 25. Given i(t)= 5te-4t, find the voltage drop on the inductor with an inductance of 2H
at t= 0.05s.

Solution:

() = 5 4

= 5 4 20 4

=

= (5 4 20 4 )

= 2(5 4(0.05) 20(0.05) 4(0.05) )

= 6.550
 26. Find i(t) at t=0.1s, 0.2s, 0.3s, 0.4s, and 0.5s and sketch the trend.

Solution:

() = (1 )

12 (10)(0.1)
(0.1) = (1 4 ) = 0.265
10
12 (10)(0.2)
(0.2) = (1 4 ) = 0.472
10
12 (10)(0.3)
(0.3) = (1 4 ) = 0.633
10
12 (10)(0.4)
(0.4) = (1 4 ) = 0.759
10
12 (10)(0.5)
(0.5) = (1 4 ) = 0.856
10

0.8

0.6

0.4 i(t)

0.2

0
0.1s 0.2s 0.3s 0.4s 0.5s
27. Find the voltages for each resistor.

Solution:
1 = 2 2 = 4

7
2 = 5 2 [ ] = 5.833
5 + 7

5
3 = 7 2 [ ] = 5.833
5 + 7

4 = 12

5 = 2 3 = 6
28.