Fundamentals of Electric Circuits
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Author: Charles K Alexander, Matthew Sadiku
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 4.3, Problem 4PP
Figure 4.11
Use superposition to find vx in the circuit of Fig. 4.11.
Answer: vx = 31.25 V.
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