University of Botswana

Department of Electrical Engineering

EEB 331 Electrical Network Theory Assignment 1 (Due date: 06 September 2019)

Question 1
a) Using Nodal analysis method, find current I0 flowing through the 8 Ω resistor, in the circuit of
figure 1. [7]
b) How much power is dissipated in this resistor? [2]

Figure 1

Question 2
a) For the circuit given in figure 2, apply mesh analysis method to find mesh currents i1, i2, and i3. [6]
b) Find v0, the voltage across the 2 Ω resistor and the power dissipated in the resistor. [3]

Figure 2
Question 3:
a) For the circuit shown in figure 3, obtain Thevenin’s equivalent circuit at terminals a – b. [8]
b) Find the highest possible amount of power that can be transferred to the load. [2]

Figure 3

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 c) Apply the Superposition theorem to find v0, the voltage drop across the 5 Ω resistor. [6]

Figure 4
Question 4
a) For the circuit in figure 4, find v0(t) for t > 0. [6]
b) Determine the time necessary for the capacitor voltage to decay to one – third its value at t = 0. [4]

Figure 5

Question 5
a) Determine the inductor current i(t) for both t < 0 and t > 0, for the circuit shown below. [6]

Figure 6

TOTAL: [50 Marks]

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