Kirchhoff's Laws
 

Kirchhoff's Laws problem 18


The figure below is an electrical circuit containing two cells of e.m.f. and .




The cells are connected to resistors of resistance , and and the currents in the branches of the circuit are , and , as shown.


  • Use Kirchhoff’s first law to write down an expression relating , and .


  • Use Kirchhoff’s second law to write down an expression relating


    • , , , and in the loop XBCYX,


    • , , , , and in the loop AXYDA,


 

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