ET Tutorial Sheet 1

1. Use mesh analysis to find 𝑖𝑖𝑥𝑥 in the circuit shown in Fig. 1. [Ans: 3.95 A]

Fig. 1

2. Determine the amount of power delivered/received by the voltage source and the
current source in the circuit of Fig. 2. [P5V=-6.25 W, P5A=192.5 W]

Fig. 2

3. Determine the voltage Vx in the circuit shown in Fig. 3 using node analysis. [Ans: Vx= 8 V]

Fig. 3

4. Calculate the value of I1 of Fig. 4 using (a) Mesh Analysis and (b) Node Analysis. [Ans:
i1=0.329 A]

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 Fig. 4

5. Use superposition theorem to find the value of 𝑉𝑉𝑥𝑥 in the circuit shown in Fig. 5. [Ans:
10.33 V]

Fig. 5

6. In the circuit of Fig. 6, use Norton theorem to evaluate 𝑉𝑉𝑥𝑥 . [Ans: 96 V]

Fig. 6

7. Find the Thevenin equivalent voltage as viewed by the resistance R in the circuit shown in
Fig. 7. Find the value of R for maximum power dissipation in it. [Ans: Rth=10 Ω, Vth=14 V,
R=10 Ω]

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 Fig. 7

8. In the circuit shown in Fig. 8, find current 𝑖𝑖𝑥𝑥 using (a) mesh analysis, (b) Thevenin
theorem. [Ans: -0.5 A]

Fig. 8

9. In the circuit shown in Fig. 9, what is the maximum power that could be dissipated in 𝑅𝑅𝐿𝐿 ?
[Ans: 6.325 W]

Fig. 9

10. Find the value of Vth and Rth between the open terminals A and B of the circuit shown in
Fig. 10. [Ans: 16 V, 2 Ω]

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 Fig. 10

11. In the circuit shown in Figure 11, find the power delivered by 10 V source using Node
Analysis. [Ans: 8.414 W]

12. In the network shown in Fig. 12, calculate the equivalent resistance:
a) between ‘A’ and ‘B’
b) between ‘A’ and ‘N’. [Ans: (a) 2.86 Ω, (b) 1.47 Ω]

Fig. 12

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13. Calculate the (i) rms value, (ii) average value, (iii) form factor and (iv) peak factor of the
𝑘𝑘 2
signal x(t) as shown in Fig 13. [Ans: , 0.5𝑘𝑘, , √3]
√3 √3

Fig. 13

14. The waveform as shown in Fig. 14 is derived from a sine function and has zero value
when the sine function is negative and also from 𝑡𝑡 = 0 to 𝑡𝑡 = 0.1 and for the
corresponding interval of each period. Find the rms value and the average value of this
waveform. [Ans: 0.487Vm, 0.2879Vm]

Fig. 14

15. Find the relative heating effects (ratio of rms values) of two current waves of equal
peak value, the one sinusoidal and the other rectangular in wave-form. [Ans: 1/√2]