Network Analysis

Tutorial on Maximum Power Transfer - Part 2

That's right.  For maximum power transfer,
R_L = R_TH = (180)(120)/(180 + 120) = 72 W

Now we want to calculate the power consumed by R_L.  Before we do that, we should first find the Thevenin voltage of the circuit connected to R_L.

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