
Fundamentals of Electric Circuits
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Author: Charles K Alexander, Matthew Sadiku
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Chapter 2.3, Problem 4PP
How many branches and nodes does the circuit in Fig. 2.14 have? Identify the elements that are in series and in parallel.
Figure 2.14
For Practice Prob. 2.4.
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