Timeline for Finding the current trough resistor in a closed mesh
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| May 31, 2019 at 19:52 | comment | added | Elliot Alderson | @Chu Of course it is an academic exercise, but it is a wasted effort if the OP does not understand that there must be other components connected to the given circuit. | |
| May 31, 2019 at 18:15 | comment | added | Chu | Clearly, this is an academic exercise in using the available information to calculate an unknown current. It doesn't matter what's happening at the nodes, there must be currents entering and exiting at the nodes because KCL is not satisfied for the loop. Just apply KVL to the loop and there is only one unknown. | |
| May 31, 2019 at 18:10 | comment | added | Elliot Alderson | @Chu Then the OP's answer to my first comment above is invalid. I specifically asked if there were other components and the OP said No. If there are no other components there can be no other currents through the "spurs". | |
| May 31, 2019 at 17:53 | comment | added | Chu | There are currents entering through the other 'spurs'. KVL on the loop means the 10V source and 10V across R1 cancel; and the 5V source must be balanced by 5 mA through R2 | |
| May 31, 2019 at 13:45 | history | answered | Elliot Alderson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |