Electric Circuit Analysis/Passive Sign Convention/Answers

Exercise 1: Answers


  1. It is a resistor because it is dissipating +16 Watts.
  2. It is a source because it is dissipating -2.25 milli-Watts (or supplying 2.25 milli-Watts).
  3. It is a resistor because it is dissipating +225 Watts.
  4. It is a resistor because it is dissipating +30 milli-Watts.