Let us go on modifying Zbus by including nodes and the elements connected to it one by one as given in the textbook step-1 type1 modification Zbus= 0.25 step-2 type2 modification Zbus= 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.35 step-3 type2 modification Zbus= 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.35 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.35 step-4 type3 modification Zbus= 0.1458333 0.1041667 0.1458333 0.1041667 0.1458333 0.1041667 0.1458333 0.1041667 0.2458333 This is the final Zbus matrix after including all the elements step-5 type4 modification Zbus= 0.1397059 0.1102941 0.125 0.1102941 0.1397059 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.175 opening a line between 2-3 is equivalent to connecting (-0.1) between bus3 bus2 Zbus= 0.1458333 0.1041667 0.1458333 0.1041667 0.1458333 0.1041667 0.1458333 0.1041667 0.2458333 (same as in step 4)