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Circuit analysis: Six resistors and two batteries
Problem Statement: ) A circuit is constructed with six resistors and two ideal batteries as shown. The battery emfs are ε1 = 18 V and ε2 = 12 V. The values for the resistors are: R1 = R5 = 55 Ω, R2 = R6 = 110 Ω, R3 = 44 Ω, and R4 = 117 Ω. The chosen positive directions for the currents are...- littlejay21
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- Analysis Batteries Circuit Circuit analysis Resistors
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Engineering How Does a Capacitor Affect Ripple Voltage in a Diode Circuit?
Summary: Seek help with the working of a Capacitor in the presence of a DC & AC voltage source. I greatly appreciate this opportunity to submit a question. It's a homework problem and I only seek to clear my concepts. Problem: Find amplitude of the ripple voltage across the resistor...- wirefree
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- Capacitor Circuit Diode Diode circuit
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Finding the Open Circuit Voltage
Problem Statement: While KLM points remain connected, the connection between points XY is removed. Calculate the potential difference between points XY in this situation. Relevant Equations: V=IR, KVL- JamesBennettBeta
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- Circuit Electronic Open circuit Voltage
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Set up the differential equation showing the voltage V(t) for this RC circuit
Hi all. I have another exam question that I am not so sure about. I've solved similar problems in textbooks but I have a feeling once again that the correct way to solve this problem is much simpler and eluding me. Especially because my answer to a) is already the solution to c) and d) (I did...- spsch
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- Capacitors Circuit Differential Differential equation Differential equations Rc Rc circuit Rc circuits Set Voltage
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Engineering Create a Sine Wave Circuit Design for Inverting Voltage | Step-by-Step Guide
Summary: I want to design an electronic circuit that takes an sine wave as input and output a different wave I want to design an electronic circuit that takes a sine wave as input(Vi) and it outputs a different wave (Vo). Vi goes from +5V to -5V Vo is constant with the value of three, when Vi...- felipe_damascena
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- Circuit Designing
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Why can we ignore certain circuit paths?
I get really confused with these types of problems. I don't know how to break down the circuit properly. I tried to go anticlockwise and ignored the ammeter and the voltmeter as circuit components, which gave me R1 and R2 in series while R3 and R5 (in series) are in parallel with R4 and R6 (also...- xAly
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- Circuit
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Checking My Understanding of a Magnetic Circuit: Help Appreciated!
So I was checking this question out, and I saw that someone did discuss about a similar question before on this forum here: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/did-i-get-it-right-by-coincidence.487088/ Since this is a different question, I would like to ask if anyone here could help me check...- jisbon
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- Circuit Magnetic Magnetic circuit
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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50Hz 3 Phase Circuit - Twisting to reduce EMI?
I have done the maths to work out the Induced Voltage on a communication cable, from a bunch of 3 phase circuits in a panel - with the minimum distance between them I calculated it to be about 1.5nV; but for a larger system where there could be larger loads on the cables I was thinking about...- Dinoduck94
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- 3 phase Circuit Emi Induction Magnetic Phase
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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What is the least resistance in this RC circuit?
Hello, I know that the lower the resistance the lower the charge/discharge time in an RC circuit, i.e. 5RC is about the charge/discharge time for the capacitor. But how small is the resitstance allowed to be? I'm guessing that the lower the resistance the more the circuit looks like it has just...- laclry311
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- Circuit Rc Rc circuit Resistance
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Determine the capacitor value so that this circuit is in resonance
L=100mh=0.1H ω=10^3 rad/s -> f = 159Hz XL= ωL= 2πfL= 2π*159*0.1= 99.90 Ω Z parallel = [(XL∠90º)*R2] / [(XL∠90º)-R2]= 37.13∠-21.8º XC= 1/ωC= 1/(2 π f C) I don't see how I am supposed to get to C- baywa2
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- Capacitor Circuit Electric circuit Resonance Rlc circuit Value
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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I Replace a Toffoli gate with an equivalent circuit
Hello, I am currently working on this task here. Given is a Toffoli gate. Now it is stated that there is an equivalent quantum circuit. I tried to show the equivalence, for example by looking at case ##|111\rangle##. However, with what I have calculated so far, I do not come to the...- Peter_Newman
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- Circuit Equivalent Gate
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- Forum: Quantum Physics
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Engineering Problem about steady-state circuit analysis
Here is the question, and my solution is for question (a) : knowns : I = 12 cos 2000t = 12 ∠0° L=0.2 H R=200Ω ω=2000, XL = j*0.2*2000 = j400Ω Zt = (j400*200)/(200+j400) = 178.9 ∠26.57°Ω i want to find the power absorbed by R, so : IR = (Zt /R)*I = (178.9 ∠26.57°Ω/200)*12 ∠0° = 10.73∠26.57°A...- e0ne199
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- Analysis Circuit Circuit analysis
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Engineering Longest Path in a Combinational Circuit
First for logic-1 at output: So I get that for Logic 1, the OR-2 Gate must have one input has logic-1. Case1: Upper OR-Input is 1 of second OR Gate. So the longest path is Inv-1, Or-1, Or-2. Delay is 9ns. Case2: For lower input to be 1, the 'And-2' output has to be 1, and for that Or-1 output...- jaus tail
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- Circuit Path
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[Quantum Computing] Verify a circuit implementing and operation
This is an exercise from "Quantum search as a quantum simulation " in Chapter "Quantum search algorithms". The circuit is shown as the following picture. For small time interval, the effect of the operation in the problem statement could be written as ## exp \left ( -i \left | \psi \right >...- Haorong Wu
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- Circuit Computing Quantum computation Quantum computing
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Magnitude of the Magnetic Field near a Circuit Inclined at an Angle
For the front wire, I got the magnitude of the magnetic field in terms of the magnitude of the magnetic force, the current, "l," and the "theta". I am unsure how to proceed because I thought that the magnetic force is independent of any other forces. I am also just lost in general. Any help...- Mark Zhu
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- Angle Circuit Field Inclined Magnetic Magnetic field Magnetic field and forces Magnitude
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Circuit for the inverse quantum Fourier transform
First, the inverse quantum Fourier transform is ##\left | k \right > =\frac 1 {\sqrt {2^n}} \sum_{j=0}^{2^n-1} e^{-2 \pi ijk / 2^n} \left | j \right >##, and it is equal to ##\left | k_1 , k_2 , \dots , k_n \right > \rightarrow \frac { \left ( \left | 0 \right > + e^{-2 \pi i 0.k_n} \left...- Haorong Wu
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- Circuit Fourier Fourier transform Inverse Quantum Transform
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Electric field in a circuit with a DC source
So I understand that when an electric field is produced in a conductor of length L, the net electric field in the conductor will be 0 because the rearrangement of electrons in the conductor results in the production of its own electric field which cancels out the one produced initially...- MarcusK
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- Circuit Dc Electric Electric circuit Electric field Field Potential difference Potential electric energy Source
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- Forum: Electromagnetism
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Use a MATLAB Workspace to get the unknown values in an AC circuit
The plot of part b is attached below. I got a warning on part a , I don't know where is my mistake . Please check my work . Part A clc; clear all; %parta f=800; t=0:10e-6:0.005; xc=10^(-6); xl=40e-3; for i=1:(0.005)/(10e-6) w=2*f*pi; zeq=xl*j*w+50; is(i)=2*(1600*t(i)*pi)...- Fatima Hasan
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- Ac Ac circuit Circuit Matlab
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Engineering Draw the magnitude and phase angle of a voltage in this AC circuit
My solution is attached below. I am not sure if my answer is correct or not , I want to confirm it.- Fatima Hasan
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- Ac Ac circuit Angle Circuit Magnitude Phase Phase angle Voltage
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2-Resistor, 2-Capacitor Circuit with Switch
I already did part a and got the correct answer of 4.8 microC. However, I am unsure how to approach part b, where the switch is closed and apparently the two capacitors end up with different charges. For part b, since there is a path between the two capacitors, I don't know if I am able to...- Mark Zhu
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- Capacitors Circuit Circuit analysis Resistors Switch
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Engineering Need help with a linear circuit problem
Attached is my work for the voltages, and the problem itself.- akaCrazed
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- Circuit Electrical & electronic enging Linear
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Discharge in a DC RC circuit and negative sign of current
Hi everyone! I'm trying to understand why when writing the differential equation of a discharging RC circuit V_C-Ri(t)=0 \to q(t)/C - Ri(t)=0 we replace i(t) with -\frac{dq(t)}{dt}. I read many threads but I don't understand the physics behind this. The usual answers I read are something like...- Simpcar
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- Circuit Current Dc Discharge Negative Rc Rc circuit Sign
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Engineering Need help with a nonlinear circuit problem
Hello, I have been working for hours on this single problem, to no avail. I am supposed to find the Thevenin equivalent for Voltage and Resistance, which I found to be 1ohm for resistance, and for question 2, Vth is -3V, and for 3 and 4, Vth is 1V. Any help is appreciated, as I have no clue...- akaCrazed
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- Circuit Nonlinear
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Find the functions of V1, V2, V3 in an RC circuit
I tried using Kirchhof's current law, and to pose the problem in matrix form as ##\frac{dv}{dt}=Mv## with## v## the vector of the ##3## potentials at nodes ##1, 2## and ##3##, and ##M## is a ##3x3## matrix. it would be enough to show me which will be the differential equations, I would proceed...- Zoja
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- Circuit Functions Rc Rc circuit
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What will the phasor diagram of this LCR circuit looks like?
I know the current of capacitor and inductor must be parallel but pointing in opposite direction due to the fact they are connected in parallel thus having same voltage (please see attached screenshots). The current of resistor will simply be the sum of these two vectors, but what about its...- Cedric Chia
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- Alternating current Circuit Diagram Electromagetism Lcr circuit Phasor Phasor diagram
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Engineering Input and Output Impedance of an Opamp Circuit
I know for ideal opamp the input Z is infinite, and output Z is 0, but not sure about this opamp.- jaus tail
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- Circuit Impedance Input Opamp Output
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What forces are acting on electron in a circuit?
What forces are acting on electron in a circuit? What is the source of such kind of forces? Do electrons act on each other in electric current? If i have an ordinary electric circuit with only one resistor, then if i raise resistance, the electric current goes down. As I understand it happens...- Eugene567
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- Circuit Elecricity Electron Forces
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- Forum: Electromagnetism
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Engineering Compute the voltage gain of this bipolar junction transistor circuit
This is the given schematic. The result should be $$A_u = \frac{R_b g_{21}}{1 + R_b g_{22}} = -50$$ and the way I wanted to tackle this problem is by stating $$A_u = \frac{-R_b i_2}{u_1} = \frac{-R_b (g_{21} u_1 + g_{22} u_2)}{u_1} = \frac{-R_b (g_{21} u_1 + g_{22} u_2)}{g_{11} u_1 + g_{12} u_2}...- Peter Alexander
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- Circuit Gain Junction Transistor Transistor analysis Voltage
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Engineering Voltage across the output resistor for this opamp circuit
Here is question: Find voltage across R3 options: 10V 11V 5V 2V Attempt: No current flows through Opamp, so 1mA flows through R3, this gives voltage across R3 = 1ma * 1K = 1V. But that is not in option. Where am I wrong? No current flows inside or outside opamp, right?- jaus tail
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- Circuit Opamp Output Resistor Voltage
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Does Mutual Inductance Affect Voltage in an Open Circuit?
Hi, so my question is basically: Does the mutual inductance from coil 1 show up in the voltage of coil 2 even if coil 2 is an open circuit? I would think that the answer is yes, as the Mutual inductance depends on the current passing through coil 1? However, the answer scheme seems to ignore...- Master1022
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- Circuit Inductance Mutual inductance Open circuit Voltage
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How does circuit complete when using live wire tester?
I raise this question because at a fundamental level I still do not understand how a Capacitor works and how a circuit completes thru capacitor. The live electric tester screwdriver uses stray body capacitance to lit a neon when one end comes in contact with live wire and another with a human...- ki_2004
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- Capacitance Circuit Complete Wire
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Design of an Op Amp Circuit for Voltage Amplification
Hi Everyone, I would like to measure voltage output from a sensor via an Arduino. The sensor outputs 20 mV at max capacity. I'd like to bump this up to around 5 volts so it is easier to measure. My plan was to use a non-inverting topology coupled with an LM393N op-amp. The schematic for a...- runningman19
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- Amp Amplification Circuit Design Op amp Voltage
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What is the Relationship Between Veb and Ie in a PNP Transistor?
The problem: My attempt:- M Sally
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- Circuit Electronics Engineer Transistor Voltage
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How to calculate Resistors in a circuit ?
here is the question below with all the possible answers, if anyone can help it would be appreciated- Vantom
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- Circuit Resistors
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Complex impedance and phase angle of a circuit
I've attached my work below. The numbers seem odd to me though. Are my equations correct? Is the phase angle really (0/12)? If so, what are the implications of that?- Pierson5
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- Angle Circuit Complex Impedance Phase Phase angle
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Draw an electric circuit potential graph
Hi. I have physics homework that I don't understand. Hopefully, someone here can give me some advice. So, the homework goes like this: Draw an electric circuit potential graph and find out the potential difference between points B and C. The two resistors have equal values. Believe me or...- EMEE_
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- Circuit Electric Electric circuit Graph Potential
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Do I Need Freewheel Diodes for My H Bridge Mosfet Inverter Circuit?
i am designing H bridbe mosfet inverter with gate driver HCPL3120 i need help in circuit- khalil977
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- Bridge Circuit Inverter
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Engineering Identifying the purpose of a circuit from the VHDL definition file
I have attempted to sketch the timing and got the following graph From reading the VHDL code my understanding is io each rising edge clock tick the system will carry out one of the following (choosing based on priority): reset if Clear_L is high load in a value if Clear_D is high UP count if...- Weaver
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- Circuit Definition File
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Calculating the Gauge of a Copper Wire for a Thermometer Bridge Circuit
Hi All, Really struggling to get my head around what I'm doing wrong - every time my answer of wire diameter comes out too small for what's included in the table of SWG. I must be doing something wrong somewhere - my attempt is below. Any help is very much appreciated.- PaxFinnica96
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- Bridge Circuit Copper Copper wire Electronic engineering Gauge Physics Thermometer Wire
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Circuit Analysis Question -- Solving for a multi-resistor circuit
From what I understand is that you can sum up R3 and R4 to get 350 ohms Then you can can a parallel circuit with the missing resistors, 4amp and the new 350 ohm resistor and that's about it. My textbook says the answer is 55 ohms for the resistors and the current is 0.073 but I got 3.75 ohms...- preet_jay
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- Analysis Circuit Circuit analysis
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Engineering Can this circuit be simplified any further?
I have simplified it at first by giving and equivalent resistance to resistors in parallel on the right and also equivalent in series resistance at the start. Would 16v-7v be the correct way of equalizing the voltage by using Kirchhoff's voltage law?- cazuccmuss
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- Circuit
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RLC Circuit Analysis with system of ODEs
Summary: Looking for guidance on how to model an RLC circuit with a system of ODES, where the variables are the resistor and inductor voltages. This is a maths problem I have to complete for homework. The problem is trying to prove that the attached circuit diagram can be modeled using the...- DeclanKerr
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- Analysis Circuit Circuit analysis Differential calculus Ode Odes Rlc Rlc circuit System
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- Forum: Calculus and Beyond Homework Help
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Circuit confusion, light bulbs, switches, and batteries
Before I modeled it, I thought the current would move in a figure 8 due to the battery on the right still loading the current. Then I thought of how the battery on the left would counteract that current. I am still not sure what is going on here. Is it kind of like a short circuit where the...- BluJay214
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- Batteries Circuit Confusion Light Switches
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Parallel Equipment Grounding Conductors, Short Circuit
I am seeking direction, information, resources and thoughts on the following subject. The common interpretation of the National Electrical Code does not allow you to use multiple smaller equipment grounding conductors in place of one larger one (except in a few cases such as a cable assembly...- Leyden
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- Circuit Conductors Equipment Grounding Parallel Short Short circuit
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Kirchhoff's rule for circuit with two batteries
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- Batteries Circuit
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How Do You Find Current and Voltage for Resistors with 4V, 8V, and 12V Supply?
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- Circuit Electricity
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Engineering Does Zero Initial Energy Affect the Rate of Change in 2nd Order Op-Amp Outputs?
I was reading about this 2nd order op-amp circuit which is essentially a cascaded integrator and got confused with the explanation of the book regarding the rate of change of the outputs. The book said that when the initial energy stored in the circuit is zero then this rate of change is zero...- paulmdrdo
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- Circuit Op-amp Second order
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𝑗 - 𝜔 method alternating current circuit help
I'm supposed to calculate the current and the phase angle. Can someone please tell me if this is the correct solution?- magnuol
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- Alternating current Circuit Current Method
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Find the power supplied by the 1V source in the circuit using nodal analysis
My attempt: At node 1 > 4 = 6 + I1 Node 2 > I1 + I2 = I 2 Node 3 > 6 = I 3 + I 4 I1 = (V1 - 4)/21 In node 1, Using the equation for I1, V1 = -38V. I2 = (V1 - 4 - 1)/2 So, I2 = -21.5APower supplied by the 1V battery is P=VI P=-21.5 x 1 P=-21.5W I am not sure of my method, I just started...- Electgineer
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- Analysis Circuit Nodal Nodal analysis Power Source
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Detecting metals with a capacitance multimeter and a circuit
A makeshift metal detector can be made if you have an accurate INDUCTANCE meter and a coil of a large diameter. Instead, I've got a capacitance meter, this one: http://www.pw-electronics.co.uk/DMM.pdf How can a little circuit be added (like a capacitor with a resistor in series or in parallel...- Jonathan212
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- Capacitance Circuit Multimeter
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering