14.10: Two amplifiers are connected one after the other in series (cascaded). The first amplifier has a voltage gain of 10 and the second has a voltage gain of 20. The input signal is 0.01 volt, calculate the output ac signal.

Hint: Total voltage gain of a two-stage cascaded amplifier is given by the product of voltage.
Step 1: Find total voltage gain.

Voltage-gain of the first amplifier, V1 = 10
Voltage-gain of the second amplifier, V2=20
Input signal voltage = 0.01 V
Now,
V=V1×V2=10×20=200

Step 2: Find the output ac-signal.
We have the relation:
V=VoVi
\(V_o=V \times V_{\mathrm{i}}=200 \times 0.01=2 V\)