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a 1 Amp test source at the terminals of the network. If we can find the voltage
across the source, then Req = Vtest/Itest.
I chose the bottom as the reference node. I labeled three nodes V1, V2, V3. (and Vtest=V1). Here are my KCL equations:
Solve this set of three equations with three unknowns. First I multiply everything through by 2k to clean up the denominators:
-2k + (V1-V2) + 2*(V1-V3)=0
2V2 + (V2-V1) + 2*(V2-V3)=0
2V3 + 2*(V3-V2) + 2*(V3-V1)=0
Now group like terms together so that the unknowns line up:
3V1 - V2 - 2V3 = 2k
- V1 + 5V2 -2V3 = 0
-2V1 - 2V2 + 6V3=0
I'll eliminate V3 by subtracting the second equation from the first and adding three times the second equation to the third:
4V1 - 6V2 = 2k
-5V1 + 13V2=0
Now eliminate V2 by adding 13/6 times the first equation to the second:
(4*13/6 -5)V1 = (13/6)2k
V1 = (2k*13/6)/(4*13/6 -5) = 1.18kV
Now that we have Vtest,
Req = Vtest/Itest
= 1.18kV/1A
= 1.18Kohms.
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