EE301 Parallel Circuits Homework
Name _________________
Section _______
Instructor _______________
Date __________
**For credit you must answer all questions in Engineering format and show all your work**
1) ______________
1. Kirchhoffʹs current law states that:
a. the sum of the currents around a closed loop is zero
b. the sum of the currents entering a junction must equal zero
c. the sum of the currents entering a junction must equal the sum of the currents leaving the junction
d. the total current entering a given junction is constant, even with changes in supply voltage
2. For the parallel network below. a) Find the total resistance. b)What is the voltage across each branch?
c)Determine the source current and the current through each branch using the Current Divider Rule.
d)Verify that the source current equals the sum of the branch currents.
EE301 Parallel Circuits Homework
Name _________________
Section _______
Instructor _______________
Date __________
**For credit you must answer all questions in Engineering format and show all your work**
3. Use the Current Divider Rule to find IR3. Check your work with Ohm’s
law.
3) ______________
4. Use the Current Divider Rule to find I1 and Kirchhoff’s Current Law to
find I2
4) ______________
5. Use the Current Divider Rule to find IT and Kirchhoff’s Current Law to
find I1
5) ______________