R_th wrong while applying series and parallel simple theory

[Ohmslaw]

Summary:: Trying to find Rth but I do not get the same value as the one from the solution.

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I am trying to find Rth to solve this problem, however once I simplified it, I get a value of 700.745 Ω while in the solution, the answer is 1.161kΩ. How is that possible ? What goes in parallel and what goes in series ?

Thank you !

 

[Asymptotic]

1. This looks like a homework question. It ought to be posted in that forum.
2. Is your simplification from the perspective of R3?
When I calculate the resistive network from the perspective of R3 it works out to 1.161K

 

[Jody]

It looks like you almost had it. My recommendation would be to move that ground so it's easier to interpret. Let's say we move it to where the V- is and draw the old ground as wires connecting to each other?

I'm not solving it for you... just redrawing it in a different way :) Would this be okay for you?

 

[alan123hk]

I get a value of 700.745 Ω

Based on your circuit diagram, it seems that you have found the equivalent resistance of the terminal (+) with respect to ground instead of the equivalent resistance of (+) with respect to (-).

 

[Baluncore]

I believe the battery is drawn with positive ground.

 

[mfb]

Assuming the circle with the arrow is an amperemeter: R5 is in parallel with it, so it doesn't do anything. You get three parallel resistors and then R1 and the voltage source as separate elements.

 

[hutchphd]

That's a current source, I believe.

 

[gneill]

Suppress the sources and you get something like this:

 

[Baluncore]

Thévenin's theorem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thévenin's_theorem

 

[hutchphd]

When I calculate the resistive network from the perspective of R3 it works out to 1.161K

Including R₃, right?

 

[Jody]

1. This looks like a homework question. It ought to be posted in that forum.
2. Is your simplification from the perspective of R3?
When I calculate the resistive network from the perspective of R3 it works out to 1.161K

Including R₃, right?

That answer will include R₃. I think a few people have answered this question :)

 

[hutchphd]

The phrasing seems odd to me. "From the perspective of R3" would seem to exclude R3 from the Thevenin. Semantics...

 

[Jody]

I agree: It makes R₃ sound like the load. I solved it just to be sure.

 

[Asymptotic]

The phrasing seems odd to me. "From the perspective of R3" would seem to exclude R3 from the Thevenin. Semantics...

"Perspective" was the first word that came to mind (at least, to my mind) that conveyed the essence of "R_th across R3".

Perspective, in the sense of "the combination of me, and all those connected to me". By that definition, network resistance from the perspective of R1 is 700.75Ω, from R3 is 1160.81Ω, and from R5 is 1361.02Ω.

 

[hutchphd]

Which is why we draw schematics! Worth more than a thousand words. Thanks.