When using the Superposition method to solve a circuit....

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The Superposition method for circuit analysis requires that independent current and voltage sources be considered one at a time. In a scenario with five independent voltage sources and five independent current sources, each source must be analyzed individually. This means that when applying the Superposition theorem, you short circuit all but one voltage source or open circuit all but one current source, ensuring only one independent source operates at any given time.

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do you eliminate an independent current/voltage source one at a time or can you do all of them at once.

Let us say you have 5 independent voltage sources and 5 independent current sources. Do you short circuit 5 of those voltage sources and leave 5 independent current sources or do you have to do it one independent source at a time?
 
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You have to do it one at a time, meaning only have one independent source operating at a time.
 
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