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Okay now we want to find Thevenin
using the external voltage method, so
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our Thevenin is going
to be equal to Vex/Iex.
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We do is we go back to our circuit, and
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we add in an arbitrary
voltage source we can Vex.
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Since it's arbitrary,
we can say it's equal to 1 volt, and
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that makes our equation very
simple Then we will have an IEX.
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We don't know what that is yet.
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We solve the problem in much the same
way as we did before, so watch for
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the differences.
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Our first equation is going to
be VC minus 68 volts divide by
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6 ohms plus Vc minus 4 IX
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divided by 2 omes plus vc minus va,
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divided by 6 omes and that's equal to
0.No change in our first equation.
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The second equation is going to
be va A minus by VC divided by
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six ohms plus VA minus zero
divided by four ohms plus
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alright if I had done BA minus BEX I would
of had to divide by zero because there's
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zero resistance in this arm instead what
I'm going to do is I'm going to add in
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the outgoing current the current
coming were going to subtract it out.
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Iex =0.
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Our third equation is going to be the same
we had before in order to find our Ix
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unknown, which will be Vc-Va
divided by 6 ohmes=Ix.
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Now let's take stock of our knowns and
unknowns.
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We have an unknown voltage Va and
Va and unknown current Ix and Iex.
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So I need one more equation.
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Well since this is a current I'm looking
for let's just put a note right here and
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I can add up my ingoing and
outgoing currents.
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So Ix is comming in, Iex is comming in and
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then what's going out is this current
right here, let's call it I4.
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And that is going to be.
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Sorry, that's going to be equal
to Va divided by four ohms.
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These are the incoming currents,
that's the outgoing current.
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Then we put this together
into a matrix equation,
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it's going to be a four
by four matrix equation.
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So equation one, two, three,
and four for unknowns Va.
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Vc, Ix, and Iex.
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My unknowns will be Va, Vc, Ix, and
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Iex and And
that will have a set of four constants.
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So my first equation,
what's multiplied by Va?
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It's minus one-sixth.
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What's multiplied by Vc?
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It's one-sixth plus
one-half plus one-sixth.
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What's multiplied by Ix?
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Minus four halves.
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And what's multiplied by Iex0?
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What's my constant?
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Take that over there.
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It'll be 68/ 6.
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Ok second equation,
lets multiply Va 1/6 Vc
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1/6, I left out a 1/4 here.
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Then minus one times I ex and
nothing times no constants
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Third equation minus one sixth,
Vc is one sixth and
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Ix is -1, the zero basically brought
the Ix over, zero right there.
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Fourth the equation 1 times Ix,
1 times IEx, let's bring this over here,
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it will be minus one fourth and
nothing times Vc and again no constant.
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When I solve this What I will find
is that Iex which will come out my
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vector is going to be equal
to be equal to 0.196.
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Then, when I take our Thevenin which is
equal to Vex which was 1 divided by 0.196,
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I will find our Thevenin Is equal to,
let me just invert that-
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five wholes.
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So that's how we find the Rth Thevenin
using the external voltage method.
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Again we could measure,
we could simulate or
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we could calculate as we did in this case.