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Midterm 01
Last Name
First Name
Section
Test # on left
Test # on right
Question
Concept
Max Points
Energy, Charge
Parallel/Series Resistors
Superposition, KVL
20
15
15
Mesh analysis
20
Maximum power
10
Nodal, supernode
15
10
Mesh, supermesh
15
Total
123
Student Score
Part (b)
, so that
and charge is
, so that current is
Solution
Part (a) Using the passive sign convention, the power absorbed/supplied by 20-V source is
Solution
Part (a)
Part (b)
Part (c)
Solution
Step 1: Turn off the voltage source (by replacing it with a short circuit) and find
. The voltage
is
Step 2: Turn off the current source (by replacing it with an open circuit) and find
and
, and
Solution
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
To determine
turn off the voltage sources as in (d) above, and by inspection find
The Thevenin equivalent circuit with the 2K resistor restored, is shown in (d) above. Voltage division
gives the output voltage
Solution
The circuit contains a dependent source, so the method of turning off all the sources and determining
the equivalent resistance does not apply. Instead, we add a test voltage/current source, and
determine the resulting test current/voltage, and
. In (a) below, we added a
voltage source
.
(a)
(b)
Further,
; this follows from inspection since the two 1K resistors form a voltage divider that
divides in half. Alternatively, one can write a KVL equation around the loop indicated in (b) above.
Regardless, substituting
in the equation above gives
Solving yield
Substituting
yields
Solution
KVL for mesh 1:
KVL for mesh 2:
KVL for mesh 3:
KVL for mesh 4:
Collecting terms and rearranging
Solution
(a)
(b)
(c)
Now
So that
Thus
Solution
Part (a)
, or
Solving for
Solution
Part (a) and (b) see figures below
Mesh currents
, and supermesh
Part (c) Mentally remove the current source and then walk clock-wise around the supermesh. The
KVL equation is
or
Part (d) Account for the current source we removed. KCL at node A gives
is
10
, or