Engineering Can Superposition Be Used with Source Transformation in Circuit Analysis?

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Superposition can be effectively used alongside source transformation in circuit analysis. This method allows for the conversion of a voltage source with a series resistor into a current source with a parallel resistor. After performing the source transformation, superposition can be applied to determine the voltage or current across components that remain unchanged. The principle of treating resistors and sources as black boxes ensures that these transformations do not affect the overall circuit behavior. Utilizing both techniques together can simplify complex circuit analysis.
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Is it okay to use superposition in conjuction with source transformation?
 
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If you mean in the sense of:
Use a source transform or two to change voltage source + series resistor to current source + parallel resistor and then apply superposition to find the voltage / current across some resistor that WASN'T TRANSFORMED, then yes.

Remember, you can do source transform because you can treat a resistor and voltage/current source like a black box (i.e. change the black box with something else that has the same output / resistance and have no impact on the rest of the circuit).
 

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