Tutorial 3

Part A: Source Transformation

1. Use source transformation to find vo in the circuit of Fig. 1.

Figure 1

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2. Find io in the circuit of Fig. 2.

Figure 2
Answer: io = 1.78 A
3. Find vx in Fig. 3 using source transformation.

Figure 3

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Part B: Superposition
1. Use the superposition theorem to find v in the circuit of Fig. 4.

Figure 4

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2. Find vo in the circuit of Fig. 5.

Figure 5
Answer: 12V
3. Find io in the Fig. 6 below.

Figure 6

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4. Find vx in the Fig. 7 below.

Figure 7
Answer: vx=12.5V
5. For the circuit in Fig. 8, use the superposition theorem to find i.

Figure 8

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6. Find I in the Fig. 9.

Figure 9
Answer: 0.75A

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Part C: Thevenin’s Theorem
1. Find the Thevenin equivalent circuit of the circuit shown in Fig. 10, to the left of the terminals a-b. Then
find the current through RL = 6, 16 and 36 Ohm.

Figure 10

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2. Using Thevenin’s Theorem, find the equivalent circuit to the left of terminal a-b in the circuit of Fig. 11.
Then find I.

12 V 2V

Figure 11
Answer: VTh = 6V, RTh = 3 Ohm, I = 1.5 A

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3. Find the Thevenin equivalent circuit of Fig. 12.

Figure 12

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4. Find the Thevenin equivalent circuit of Fig. 13.

Figure 13
Answer: VTh = 5.33 V, RTh = 0.44 Ohm

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Part D: Norton’s Theorem
1. Find the Norton equivalent circuit of Fig. 14

Figure 14

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2. Find the Norton equivalent circuit of Fig. 15

Figure 15
Answer: RN = 3 Ohm, IN = 4.5 A

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3. Using Norton’s theorem, find RN and IN of the circuit in Fig. 16 at terminals a-b.

Figure 16

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4. Find the Norton equivalent circuit of Fig. 17.

Figure 17
Answer: RN = 1 Ohm, IN = 10 A
Part E: Maximum Power Transfer
1. Find the value of RL for maximum power transfer in the circuit of Fig. 18. Find the maximum power.

Figure 18

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