Electronic Circuits - Calculate voltage

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This discussion focuses on calculating voltage in electronic circuits using Kirchhoff's laws, specifically the junction rule and the loop rule. The user seeks clarification on expressing current I3 and deriving the equation I3 + I1 - I2 = 0. Key equations discussed include Vx = 2 * V1, I1 = (2 * V1 - V) / R, I2 = α * V1, and I3 = V1 / R. The final derived equation is (v1/R) + ((2v1 - v)/R) - αv1 = 0, demonstrating the application of both the junction and loop rules.

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How do I calculate the voltage v1 using KCL?

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I don't understand how I should express the current I3 to get the equation right.

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I already watched this video but I don't know what to do when there are two resistors.
 
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This is the equation I should be getting but I don't know how to get there
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The answer they give has the form of, I3 + I1 - I2 = 0 ;
Your I1 has the opposite circulation to their assumption.
Vx = 2 * V1 ;
I1 = ( 2 * V1 - V) / R ;
I2 = α * V1 ;
I3 = V1 / R .
 
Normally for HW type problems, we don't like to just give answers without some teaching.
So now that we have @Baluncore's suggestions, I suggest you look at each of his steps and compare to the schematic to see why/how he concluded each item. For example, why does Vx = 2 * V1, etc? Then see how those combine to give the equation you were supposed to derive.

Let us know if you are still confused. Do you think you could solve a similar problem yourself now?
 
agatha said:
This is the equation I should be getting but I don't know how to get there
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It is impossible to solve this problem using only two rules, the junction rule expressed by $$ I_1 + I_2 = I_3 $$ and the rule expressed by $$ v_1 = I_3 R $$ which is called Ohm’s law. Here must be applied one more rule, the loop rule (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirchhoff's_circuit_laws). The equation $$ v - I_1 R - v_1 - v_1 = 0 $$ presents the loop rule for the left loop in the schematic diagram and after including it the final equation $$ \frac{v_1}{R} + \frac{2v_1-v}{R} - \alpha v_1 = 0 $$ will be got.
 

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