Engineering Can this circuit be simplified any further?

[cazuccmuss]

Homework Statement

I was asked to simplify a circuit as much as possible and have gotten it down this far. The voltage source attached in parallel is kind of messing up any further simplification with my current knowledge. Can Kirchhoff's voltage law be used to just take it out or is it more complicated than that? Also, apologies for the poor handwriting in the picture

Relevant Equations

∑𝑉𝑘=0?

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?

 

[phinds]

Would 16v-7v be the correct way of equalizing the voltage by using Kirchhoff's voltage law?

What do you mean by "equalizing the voltage?" Equalizing it WHERE?

The circuit you have drawn cannot be simplified any further (except that if you were asked to simplify it further relative to two nodes then you could do a Thevenin's equivalent).

 

[cazuccmuss]

Thanks! Thought it wasnt possible to get rid of that parallel voltage but I figured that I might as well ask just in case I was forgetting something simple.