Network Analysis

Tutorial on the Mesh Current Method - Part 4

The 4V source is entered as negative in the expression because voltage drops are taken as negative when they appear on the left side of the equation.

We now complete writing the mesh current equation for mesh a:

-4 - V₃ = 9Ia + 8(Ia - X)

What is X?

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