Finding the battery voltages in this circuit

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Homework Statement


This circuit is given:[/B]
Circuit schematic with three branches between nodes a and b: top branch has battery ε1 (r1=1Ω) and R1=2Ω; middle branch has switch S, R2=1Ω, and battery ε2=6V (r2=1Ω); bottom branch has battery ε3 (r3=1Ω) and R3=5Ω. Arrows show 1A upward in the right-hand wire and 2A downward.

What are the values of ε1 and ε3?

Homework Equations


IR=V

The Attempt at a Solution


I get the right answer for ε1 (3V).
But I get that ε3=12V and not 15 (the answer in the textbook).
First the charge from a to b is 3A.
Then I simply use Kirchhoff's second law, which gives: 2Iab-6+10+2-ε3=0.
That gives ε3=12.
Am I wrong or the book? Maybe the charge from a to b is not 3A?
 
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  • Circuit schematic with three branches between nodes a and b: top branch has battery ε1 (r1=1Ω) and R1=2Ω; middle branch has switch S, R2=1Ω, and battery ε2=6V (r2=1Ω); bottom branch has battery ε3 (r3=1Ω) and R3=5Ω. Arrows show 1A upward in the right-hand wire and 2A downward.
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Eitan Levy said:
Am I wrong or the book?
book is wrong
Maybe the charge from a to b is not 3A?
How could that POSSIBLY be true? If it were, then the currents into/out of node b would not add up to zero. A miracle.