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posted by  Pacooo on 11/4/2009 11:15:39 PM  |  status: Live  |  Earned Karma: 25

Easy Circuit problem/ Kircchoff laws, plz help

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In the circuit in the figure, determine the current in each resistor and the voltage across the 80 Ω resistor. (Indicate the direction of the current flow through each resistor through the sign of your answer. Take upward current flow as positive.)

current in 200 Ω: 1 A
current in 80.0 Ω: 2 A
current in 20.0 Ω: 3 A
current in 70.0 Ω: 4 A
voltage across 80 Ω resistor: 5 V
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posted by john_r on 11/5/2009 12:36:41 PM  |  status: Live
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   let us take that the current in the first branch to the left is w and then x and then y and then to the right is z then we can
   write that
   w + x + z = y
   then to get the currents we apply the kirchoffs voltage law so that we get
   - 200 w - 40.0 + 80.0 x = 0
   - 80.0 x + 40.0 + 360 - 20.0 y = 0 
   + 360 - 20.0 y - 70.0 z + 80.0 = 0
   so use the above equations to get the currents x, y, z and w
   then the voltage across 20.0 Ω resistor will be
   V80.0 Ω = I R
               = y 80.0 Ω
               = .......... V 

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