Parcial 1 Circuitos y Laboratorio

1. Conservation of energy requires that the sum of the power absorbed by all of the
elements in a circuit be zero. The Figure 1 shows a circuit. All of the element voltages and
currents are specified. Are these voltage and currents correct? Justify your answer.
Hint: Calculate the power absorbed by each element. Add up all of these powers. If the
sum is zero, conservation of energy is satisfied and the voltages and currents are probably
correct. If the sum is not zero, the element voltages and currents cannot be correct.

Figure 1.

2.
Resistors are given a power rating. For
example, resistors are available with
ratings of 1/8 W, 1/4 W, 1/2 W, and 1 W.
A 1/2-W resistor is able to safely
dissipate 1/2 W of power, indefinitely.
Resistors with larger power ratings are
more expensive and bulkier than resistors
with lower power ratings. Good
engineering practice requires that resistor Figure 2
power ratings be specified to be as large
as, but not larger than, necessary.
Consider the circuit shown in Figure 2. The values of the resistances are
R1= 500 Ω R2 = 2500 Ω R3 = 100 Ω
The value of the current source current is

Specify the power rating for each resistor.

3. The values of the current and voltage of each circuit element are shown in Figure 3.
Determine the values of the resistance, R, and of the gain of the dependent source, A.
 Figure 3

4. A Christmas tree light set is required that will operate from a 12-V battery on a tree in a
city park. The heavy-duty battery can provide 18A for the four-hour period of operation
each night. Design a parallel set of lights (select the maximum number of lights) when the
resistance of each bulb is 24 Ω.

5.
The circuit of Figure 4 was assigned as a
homework problem. What is the current
in each element?. Verify this answer
using current division.

Figure 4

6.

The circuit of Figure 5 was built in the lab and vo was

measured to be 13.5 V. Verify this measurement
using the voltage divider principle and find the total
voltage.

Figure 5
 7 y 8.Verify that the
element currents and
voltages shown in
Figure 6 satisfy
Kirchhoff’s laws:

(7) Verify that the

given currents
satisfy the KCL
equations
corresponding to
nodes a, b, and c.
(Nodos)
Figure 6
(8) Verify that the
given voltages
satisfy the KVL
equations
corresponding to
loops a-b-d-c-a
and a-b-c-d-a.
(Mallas)

9. Confirm that power supplied is equal to power dissipated, perform it by meshes.

10. Confirm in exercise 9 that power supplied is equal to power dissipated, perform it by
nodes.