Tutorial:

DC Circuit Analysis
Exercises

[1] The resistance of a coil of wire increases from 50  at 15° C to 58  at

55° C. Calculate the temperature coefficient of resistance at 0° C

Ans: 0.004255 °C-1

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Exercise

[2] An Aluminium wire of 7.5 m long is connected in parallel with a

copper wire of 6 m long. When a current of 5 A is passed through the
combination, it is found that the current in the Aluminium wire is 3 A.
The diameter of the Aluminium wire is 1 mm. Determine the diameter
of the copper wire. Resistivity of copper is 0.017  m; that of
Aluminium is 0.028  m

[0.569 mm]

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Exercises

[3] For the circuit shown in Fig 1, using network reduction techniques,
determine the current through the 10  resistor

4  34  30 

8  12  30  17 

12  10  13 

180 V
F ig 1

Ans: 6 A

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Exercise

[4] Using source transformation technique, reduce the circuit below

to a single voltage source and resistance across AB.

2A

+ -
3
6V
10V 4V
2 6
A B
- + - +

9A

0 .5 A

[10.636V, 2.18Ω]

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Exercise

[5] Using source transformation, determine the value of current

source I if the power dissipated by the 5 Ω resistor is 15W.

[1.8 A]

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