Problem in Circuit

Ideal batteries, two capacitors and five resistors are connected in a circuit as shown. Find the ratio of current in the branch B C BC and G D GD at time t = 1 s e c o n d t=1 second
The problem is not original.


The answer is 3.

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2 solutions

Steven Chase
May 23, 2020

Since the time constant of the circuit is on the order of microseconds, the capacitors behave like open circuits. The rest is easy

Writing down the mesh equations for the four meshes and solving, we see that the currents in the said branches do not depend on time .

(The 2nd. mesh current being i 2 i_2 and the 4th. mesh current being i 4 i_4 , the two mesh equations are

i 2 i 4 = 3 2 = 1.5 , 2 i 4 i 2 = 3 i_2-i_4=\dfrac{3}{2}=1.5, 2i_4-i_2=3 . Solving we get i 2 = 6 , i 4 = 4.5 I B C = i 4 = 4.5 , I G D = i 2 i 4 = 6 4.5 = 1.5 i_2=6, i_4=4.5\implies I_{BC}=i_4=4.5, I_{GD}=i_2-i_4=6-4.5=1.5 ).

We simply get the values of the currents as

I B C = 4.5 , I G D = 1.5 I_{BC}=4.5, I_{GD}=1.5 amps, and the ratio as

4.5 1.5 = 3 \dfrac{4.5}{1.5}=\boxed 3 .

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