UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

Faculty
Course

: Engineering & Science

: Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons)
: Year 1

Year/
Semester
Session
: 201105

Unit Code
Unit Title

: UEEA1243
: Circuit Theory

Lecturer

Answer Guideline for Tutorial 1

Q1.
1.0

ix

1.2

vx

vp

6.0 A
4.0
2.0

4.8
2.0

8//12 = 4.8
3//6 = 2
(4 + 2)//(1.2 + 4.8) = 6//6 = 3
Using current divider,
2
( 6) = 2 A,
ix =
v x = iR = ( 2 )(1) = 2 V
2 + (1 + 3)
6
i1.2 =
( 2) = 1 A,
v p = iR = (1)( 4.8) = 4.8 V ,
6+6
V p2
4 .8 2
P12 =
=
= 1.92 W
R12
12
Q2.

R T = 4k + [2k || (1k + 0.5k + 1.5k)] = 4k + [2k || 3k] = 5.2 k

IS =

E
24
=
= 4.615 mA
R T 5.2

3
3 k
(I S ) =
(4.615 mA) = 2.769 mA
3+ 2
5 k
I R3 = I S I = 1.846 mA

I =

I R3 =
IS =

0 - Vb
Vb = I R3 R 3 = (1.846)(1k ) = 1.846 V
R3

Va + 24 0
Va = I S R 1 24 = (4.615 mA)( 4k ) - 24 = 5.54 V
R1

Vab = Va Vb = 3.694 V

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Q3.
(a)

20ia + 20( ia ib ) = 0 2i a ib = 0 (1)

10ib + 20( ib i a ) + 20 = 0 2i a 3ib = 2 ( 2)

5ic 20 = 0 ic = 4 A

(1) ( 2) :

i a = 0.5 A; ib = 1 A

i1 = 1 A
i3 = i c = 4 A
i 4 = i a = 0 .5 A
i S = ic i b = 5 A
(b)

va 6ia 5ic = 0, va = 17 V
vb = 20 V

Q4.

Conversion
( 9)( 9) + ( 9)( 9) + ( 9)( 9) = 27
R =
9
e - f - g b : 27 || 9 || 27 = 5.4
e - h - g d : 27 || 9 || 27 = 5.4
b d : 27 || 27 = 13.5
R T = 5.4 || (13.5 + 5.4) = 4.2

Q5.

Conversion
R =

( 6)( 6) + ( 6)( 6) + ( 6)( 6) = 18

6

R T = 12 + (18 || 18) || [(18 || 18) + (18 || 18)] = 18

I =

E
48V
=
= 2.67 A
R T 18

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Q6.
(a) Apply KVL
1

18 + 8i1 + 20 = 0 i1 = 4.75 A

18 + 9i 2 = 0 i 2 = 2 A

I = i 2 i1 = 6.75 A
(b) i3 = i 2 = 2 A
(c) V = I 2 (6) + 20 V = (2A)(6) + 20V = 32 V
Q7.

R T = 3.2k || [(4k || 6k) + (4k || 2.2k)] = 1.741 k

(a)
(b)

V1 =

(4k || 2.2k)
(32 V) = 11.89 V
(4k || 2.2k) + (4k || 6k)

V 2 = E V1 = 32 V 11.89V = 20.11V
I = 0 A (short circuit)

(c)
Q8.

20
a
+

i1

80 V

30

i3

20
+

i2

80 V

20

Mesh 1,
Mesh 2,
Mesh 3,

80 = 70i1 20i2 30i3

80 = 70i2 20i1 30i3
0 = -30i1 30i2 + 90i3

30

30

Vab

8 = 7i1 2i2 3i3

8 = -2i1 + 7i2 3i3
0 = i1 + i2 3i3

(1)
(2)
(3)

= 243
3 = 432
3
= 1.78 A

= i0 ( 30 ) = 53.3 V

i 0 = i3 =
v ab

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Q9.
4

Mesh 1,

30 = 5i1 3i2 2i3

Mesh 2,

10i2 - 3i1 6i4 = 0

Supermesh,

6i3 + 14i4 2i1 6i2 = 0

4A

(2)

(3)
6

i4 i3 = 4 i4 = i3 + 4

30V

(4)
1

5 3 2 i1 30
3 10 6 i = 24

1 3 10 i3 28
= 264
1 = 2260
1
= 8.561 A

v1

Q10.

v0
-

At node 1;
At node 2;

10

v2

i0

is

30

40

5v0

is = ((v1-0)/30) + ((v1 v2)/20)

v1 = v0
v2 = -5v0
v2=i0(10+40)

(2) & (3) into (1):

(3) into (4):

20

i = i1 =

i3 i 4

(1)

60is = 5v1 3v2

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

1
is = v0
3
1
i0 = v 0
10

i0
= 0 .3
is

Q11.
At node 1,
At node 2,
At node 3,

V1 V3 V1 V2 V1 0
+
+
2
8
4
V2 V1 V2 0 V2 V3
0=
+
+

8
2
4
V 12 V3 V1 V3 V2
0 = 3 + 3
+
+
8
2
4
0 = 5 + 3 +

16 = 7V1 V2 4V3

0 = V1 + 7V2 2V3

36 = 4V1 + 2V2 7V3

(1)
(2)
(3)

From (1) to (3),

7 1 4 V1 16
1 7 2 V = 0
4 2 7 2 36

V3

V
=
10 V, V2 = 4.933 V, V3 = 12.267 V
1
Solve the matrix,

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Q12.

3
2

16 V

2i0
i1

i2

Supermesh, 3i1 + 2i2 3i3 + 16 = 0

(1)
At node 0,
i2 i1 = 2i0 and i0 = -i1 which leads to i2 = -i1 (2)
For loop 3,
-i1 2i2 + 6i3 = 0 which leads to 6i3 = -i1
Solve (1) to (3),
i1 = (-32/3)A, i2 = (32/3)A, i3 = (16/9)A

(3)

i0 = -i1 = 10.667 A
v v
v1 0
= i1 ; 0 1 = i3 i1 ; v 0 = i3 3i1 = 33.78 V
2
1
Q13. Supernode around the 20V source.
At supernode:

V1 0
V 0 V1 V2
+ 2 + 2
1 +
= 1

4 12
4
12

V2 V1 = 20
Inside supernode:
Solve (1) & (2),
V1 = -8 V,
V2 = 12 V,

(1)
(2)

V4 = V1 = -8 V
V10 = 20 V
V12 = V2 = 12 V
Q14.
Using Node analysis,
At node 1:

1 1 1
1 1
V1 + + V2 + = 6
5 3 2
3 2

(1)

At node 2:

1 1
1 1 1 1
- V1 + + V2 + + + = 7
3 2
3 2 4 8

(2)

Solve (1) & (2),

V1 = -2.556V, V2 = 4.03V,
VR1 = V1 = -2.556V
VR2 = VR5 = V2 = 4.03V
VR3 = VR4 = V1 V2 = -6.586V

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