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Worksheet 35.2 Networks Worksheet

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<worksheet label="worksheet-networks" top="3cm" bottom="100pt">
      <title>Networks Worksheet</title>

      <introduction>
        <title>Basic laws for electrical circuits</title>
        <p>
          This two-page worksheet was generously donated to the sample article by Virgil Pierce at a CuratedCourses workshop in August<nbsp />2018.
          It has default (skinny) left and right margins,
          but we have specified longer top and bottom margins,
          with the top being the larger of the two.
        </p>
        <theorem>
          <title>Ohms Law</title>
          <p>
            The current through a resistor is proportional to the ratio of the <em> Voltage </em>
            to the <em> Resistance </em>
            <me>
              I = \frac{V}{R}
            </me>
            Or for our purposes
            <me>
              I R = V
            </me>
          </p>
        </theorem>
        <theorem>
          <title>Kirchoffs Current Law</title>
          <p>
            The sum of the currents in a network meeting at a point is zero.
            <me>
              \sum_{k=1}^n I_k = 0
            </me>
          </p>
        </theorem>
        <example>
          <title>Kirchoff's Current Law</title>
          <p>
            For the circuit below <m> I_1 + I_2 = I_3 </m>.
          </p>
          <image xml:id="worksheet-kirchoff-law" width="40%">
<latex-image>
\begin{circuitikz}
\draw (0,0)
to[R, i=$I_1$, *-o](2,2);
\draw (0,0)
to[R, i=$I_2$, *-o](2,-2);
\draw (-3, 0)
to[R, i=$I_3$, o-*](0,0);
\end{circuitikz}
</latex-image>
          </image>
        </example>
        <theorem>
          <title>Kirchoffs Voltage Law</title>
          <p>
            The sum of the voltages around any closed circuit
            (or subcircuit)
            is zero.
            <me>
              \sum_{k=1}^n V_k = 0
            </me>
          </p>
        </theorem>
        <p>
          Kirchoffs Current Law and Kirkoffs Voltage Law combined with Ohms Law gives for any circuit of resistors and sources a linear system that may
          (or may not)
          determine the currents.
        </p>
      </introduction>
      <page>
      </page>
      <page>
      <sidebyside width="45%" margins="0%">
        <exercise workspace="1.5in">
          <statement>
            <p>
              For the simple network pictured,
              calculuate the amperage in each part of the network by setting up a system of linear equations for the amperages.
            </p>
            <image xml:id="worksheet-simple-network">
<latex-image>
\begin{circuitikz}
\draw (0,0)
to[V, v=$11\quad \mbox{volt}$](0, 3)
to[short](2,3)
to[R, R=$4\quad \mbox{ohm}$] (3, 3)
to[short](4,3)
to[R, R=$3\quad \mbox{ohm}$](4,0)
to[short](3,0)
to[R, R=$3\quad \mbox{ohm}$](2,0)
to[short](0,0);
\end{circuitikz}
</latex-image>
            </image>
          </statement>
        </exercise>
        <exercise workspace="2in">
          <statement>
            <p>
              Compare it with a parallel circuit network.
              Calculate the amperage in each part of the network by setting up a system of linear equations for the amperages.
            </p>
            <image xml:id="worksheet-parallel-circuit">
<latex-image>
\begin{circuitikz}
\draw(0,0)
to[V, v=$11\quad \mbox{volt}$](0, 3)
to[short](5,3)
to[R, R=$4\quad \mbox{ohm}$](6,3)
to[short](7,3)
to[R, R=$3\quad \mbox{ohm}$](7,0)
to[short](6,0)
to[R, R=$3\quad \mbox{ohm}$](5,0)
to[short](0,0);
\draw(4,0)
to[R, R=$3\quad \mbox{ohm}$](4,3);
\end{circuitikz}
</latex-image>
            </image>
          </statement>
        </exercise>
      </sidebyside>
      <exercise workspace="1in">
        <statement>
          <p>
            Now for a more complicated network.
            Calculate the amperage in each part of the network by setting up a system of linear equations for the amperages.
          </p>
          <image xml:id="worksheet-complicated-network">
<latex-image>
\begin{circuitikz}
\draw(0,0)
to[V, v=$11 \quad \mbox{volt}$](0, 3)
to[short](5,3)
to[R, R=$4 \quad \mbox{ohm}$](6,3)
to[short](9,3)
to[R, R=$4 \quad \mbox{ohm}$](10,3)
to[short](11,3)
to[R, R=$3 \quad \mbox{ohm}$](11, 0)
to[short](10,0)
to[R, R=$2\quad \mbox{ohm}$](9,0)
to[short](6,0)
to[R, R=$2\quad \mbox{ohm}$](5,0)
to[short](0,0);
\draw(4,0)
to[R, R=$3\quad \mbox{ohm}$](4,3);
\draw(8,0)
to[R, R=$1\quad \mbox{ohm}$](8,3);
\end{circuitikz}
</latex-image>
          </image>
        </statement>
      </exercise>
      </page>
      <page>
      <exercise workspace="3in">
        <statement>
          <p>
            Now generalize these ideas to a context outside of electrical circuits.
            Consider the network of streets given in the diagram
            (with one-way directions as indicated).
          </p>
          <image xml:id="worksheet-street-network" width="65%">
<latex-image>

\begin{tikzpicture}[&gt;=stealth]
\draw[-&gt;, very thick] (0,0) -- (10, 0) node[midway, below]{East Bound Winooski Ave};
\draw[&lt;-, very thick] (0, 1) -- (10, 1) node[midway, above]{West Bound Winooski Ave};
\draw[&lt;-, very thick] (0, 4) -- (10, 4) node[midway, above]{Shelburne St};
\draw[&lt;-, very thick] (1, -1) -- (1, 5) node[midway, above, sloped]{Willow};
\draw[-&gt;, very thick] (9, -1) -- (9, 5) node[midway, above, sloped]{Jay};
\end{tikzpicture}

</latex-image>
          </image>
          <p>
            A traffic engineer counts the hourly flow of cars into and out of this network at the entrances.
            They get (EB = East Bound; WB = West Bound):
          </p>
          <table>
            <title>Estimated hourly traffic flow for the road network</title>
            <tabular row-headers="yes" halign="center">
              <row header="yes">
                <cell />
                <cell>EB Winooski</cell>
                <cell>WB Winooski</cell>
                <cell>Shelburne St</cell>
                <cell>Willow</cell>
                <cell>Jay</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell halign="left">into</cell>
                <cell>50</cell>
                <cell>400</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
                <cell>10</cell>
                <cell>50</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell halign="left">out of</cell>
                <cell>55</cell>
                <cell>390</cell>
                <cell>20</cell>
                <cell>15</cell>
                <cell>30</cell>
              </row>
            </tabular>
          </table>
          <p>
            Use a variable for each segment inside of the network and set up a system of linear equations restricting the flow.
            Solve the system.
            Note that you should not get a unique solution as traffic should be able to flow through the network in various ways.
          </p>
        </statement>
      </exercise>
      </page>
    </worksheet>

Basic laws for electrical circuits.

This two-page worksheet was generously donated to the sample article by Virgil Pierce at a CuratedCourses workshop in August 2018. It has default (skinny) left and right margins, but we have specified longer top and bottom margins, with the top being the larger of the two.
Example 35.7. Kirchoff’s Current Law.
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<example>
          <title>Kirchoff's Current Law</title>
          <p>
            For the circuit below <m> I_1 + I_2 = I_3 </m>.
          </p>
          <image xml:id="worksheet-kirchoff-law" width="40%">
<latex-image>
\begin{circuitikz}
\draw (0,0)
to[R, i=$I_1$, *-o](2,2);
\draw (0,0)
to[R, i=$I_2$, *-o](2,-2);
\draw (-3, 0)
to[R, i=$I_3$, o-*](0,0);
\end{circuitikz}
</latex-image>
          </image>
        </example>
For the circuit below \(I_1 + I_2 = I_3 \text{.}\)
Kirchoffs Current Law and Kirkoffs Voltage Law combined with Ohms Law gives for any circuit of resistors and sources a linear system that may (or may not) determine the currents.

1.

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<exercise workspace="1.5in">
          <statement>
            <p>
              For the simple network pictured,
              calculuate the amperage in each part of the network by setting up a system of linear equations for the amperages.
            </p>
            <image xml:id="worksheet-simple-network">
<latex-image>
\begin{circuitikz}
\draw (0,0)
to[V, v=$11\quad \mbox{volt}$](0, 3)
to[short](2,3)
to[R, R=$4\quad \mbox{ohm}$] (3, 3)
to[short](4,3)
to[R, R=$3\quad \mbox{ohm}$](4,0)
to[short](3,0)
to[R, R=$3\quad \mbox{ohm}$](2,0)
to[short](0,0);
\end{circuitikz}
</latex-image>
            </image>
          </statement>
        </exercise>
For the simple network pictured, calculuate the amperage in each part of the network by setting up a system of linear equations for the amperages.

2.

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<exercise workspace="2in">
          <statement>
            <p>
              Compare it with a parallel circuit network.
              Calculate the amperage in each part of the network by setting up a system of linear equations for the amperages.
            </p>
            <image xml:id="worksheet-parallel-circuit">
<latex-image>
\begin{circuitikz}
\draw(0,0)
to[V, v=$11\quad \mbox{volt}$](0, 3)
to[short](5,3)
to[R, R=$4\quad \mbox{ohm}$](6,3)
to[short](7,3)
to[R, R=$3\quad \mbox{ohm}$](7,0)
to[short](6,0)
to[R, R=$3\quad \mbox{ohm}$](5,0)
to[short](0,0);
\draw(4,0)
to[R, R=$3\quad \mbox{ohm}$](4,3);
\end{circuitikz}
</latex-image>
            </image>
          </statement>
        </exercise>
Compare it with a parallel circuit network. Calculate the amperage in each part of the network by setting up a system of linear equations for the amperages.

3.

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<exercise workspace="1in">
        <statement>
          <p>
            Now for a more complicated network.
            Calculate the amperage in each part of the network by setting up a system of linear equations for the amperages.
          </p>
          <image xml:id="worksheet-complicated-network">
<latex-image>
\begin{circuitikz}
\draw(0,0)
to[V, v=$11 \quad \mbox{volt}$](0, 3)
to[short](5,3)
to[R, R=$4 \quad \mbox{ohm}$](6,3)
to[short](9,3)
to[R, R=$4 \quad \mbox{ohm}$](10,3)
to[short](11,3)
to[R, R=$3 \quad \mbox{ohm}$](11, 0)
to[short](10,0)
to[R, R=$2\quad \mbox{ohm}$](9,0)
to[short](6,0)
to[R, R=$2\quad \mbox{ohm}$](5,0)
to[short](0,0);
\draw(4,0)
to[R, R=$3\quad \mbox{ohm}$](4,3);
\draw(8,0)
to[R, R=$1\quad \mbox{ohm}$](8,3);
\end{circuitikz}
</latex-image>
          </image>
        </statement>
      </exercise>
Now for a more complicated network. Calculate the amperage in each part of the network by setting up a system of linear equations for the amperages.

4.

View Source for exercise
<exercise workspace="3in">
        <statement>
          <p>
            Now generalize these ideas to a context outside of electrical circuits.
            Consider the network of streets given in the diagram
            (with one-way directions as indicated).
          </p>
          <image xml:id="worksheet-street-network" width="65%">
<latex-image>

\begin{tikzpicture}[&gt;=stealth]
\draw[-&gt;, very thick] (0,0) -- (10, 0) node[midway, below]{East Bound Winooski Ave};
\draw[&lt;-, very thick] (0, 1) -- (10, 1) node[midway, above]{West Bound Winooski Ave};
\draw[&lt;-, very thick] (0, 4) -- (10, 4) node[midway, above]{Shelburne St};
\draw[&lt;-, very thick] (1, -1) -- (1, 5) node[midway, above, sloped]{Willow};
\draw[-&gt;, very thick] (9, -1) -- (9, 5) node[midway, above, sloped]{Jay};
\end{tikzpicture}

</latex-image>
          </image>
          <p>
            A traffic engineer counts the hourly flow of cars into and out of this network at the entrances.
            They get (EB = East Bound; WB = West Bound):
          </p>
          <table>
            <title>Estimated hourly traffic flow for the road network</title>
            <tabular row-headers="yes" halign="center">
              <row header="yes">
                <cell />
                <cell>EB Winooski</cell>
                <cell>WB Winooski</cell>
                <cell>Shelburne St</cell>
                <cell>Willow</cell>
                <cell>Jay</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell halign="left">into</cell>
                <cell>50</cell>
                <cell>400</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
                <cell>10</cell>
                <cell>50</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell halign="left">out of</cell>
                <cell>55</cell>
                <cell>390</cell>
                <cell>20</cell>
                <cell>15</cell>
                <cell>30</cell>
              </row>
            </tabular>
          </table>
          <p>
            Use a variable for each segment inside of the network and set up a system of linear equations restricting the flow.
            Solve the system.
            Note that you should not get a unique solution as traffic should be able to flow through the network in various ways.
          </p>
        </statement>
      </exercise>
Now generalize these ideas to a context outside of electrical circuits. Consider the network of streets given in the diagram (with one-way directions as indicated).
A traffic engineer counts the hourly flow of cars into and out of this network at the entrances. They get (EB = East Bound; WB = West Bound):
View Source for table
<table>
  <title>Estimated hourly traffic flow for the road network</title>
  <tabular row-headers="yes" halign="center">
    <row header="yes">
      <cell />
      <cell>EB Winooski</cell>
      <cell>WB Winooski</cell>
      <cell>Shelburne St</cell>
      <cell>Willow</cell>
      <cell>Jay</cell>
    </row>
    <row>
      <cell halign="left">into</cell>
      <cell>50</cell>
      <cell>400</cell>
      <cell>0</cell>
      <cell>10</cell>
      <cell>50</cell>
    </row>
    <row>
      <cell halign="left">out of</cell>
      <cell>55</cell>
      <cell>390</cell>
      <cell>20</cell>
      <cell>15</cell>
      <cell>30</cell>
    </row>
  </tabular>
</table>
Table 35.9. Estimated hourly traffic flow for the road network
EB Winooski WB Winooski Shelburne St Willow Jay
into 50 400 0 10 50
out of 55 390 20 15 30
Use a variable for each segment inside of the network and set up a system of linear equations restricting the flow. Solve the system. Note that you should not get a unique solution as traffic should be able to flow through the network in various ways.