Here's another example.

The base of the transistor is connected to a voltage divider

circuit between Vcc and ground. Also note that the emitter is biased with a supply
voltage Vee. In this example we will use a negative supply of Vee = -5V.

Vcc

Ic Rc
R1

Vb

R2
Ie Re

Vee
Figure 6.

The simplest way of solving this circuit is to just calculate the voltage Vb using the
voltage divider rule and proceed with a KVL loop from Vb, down to through the
transistor to Vee. However, this method assumes that the small base current Ib flowing
into the transistor is actually zero, and hence introduces a small error in the results.
Such an error can be negligible in circuit design. I'll step you through the process:

From inspection of the circuit you can see that the voltage Vb is actually just the
voltage across resistor R2 since R2 is connected to ground. I remember the voltage
divider rule by a phase that goes 'The one you want, over the sum of the other two'. By
that I mean the resistors.

The equation for finding Vb using the voltage divider rule is:

R2 (9)
Vb  Vcc
R1  R2

Hence the voltage Vb, which is the voltage across R2, is Vcc multiplied by the one you
want (R2) divided by the sum of the other two (R1 + R2). For Vcc = 12V as before ,
and R1=33k, R2 = 10k.

10k , 10
Vb  12  12.  2.79V
10k  33k 43

Next you can write the loop through the transistor:

Vb = Vbe + Ie.Re +Vee, and solving for Ie,

1
 Vb  Vbe  Vee
Ie 
Re
2.79  0.7  (5)
Ie   7.09mA
1k

from here it is simple to solve for the remaining currents and voltages as shown before.
However, note that Ve = Ie.Re +Vee = 7.09m  1k + (-5) = 2.09V. This answer could
have been negative if the emitter resistance was a little smaller.

Now, the second method for solving this circuit is to model the base divider as a
Thevenins equivalent circuit.

Vcc Vcc

Ic Rc Vb Ic Rc
R1
Rb
Vb

R2
Ie Re Ie Re

Vee Vee
Figure 7.

The thevenins voltage source is just the voltage at the point of interest, which is Vb in
series with the equivalent resistance of the circuit, which is denoted Rb.

Vb is found by using the voltage divider rule as before, and Rb is just R1 in parallel
with R2. To keep these notes short I won't go into this but you can derive these results
from Thevenins theorem from previous subjects. So, from before:

R2
Vb  Vcc
R1  R2

and Rb = R1 || R2 = R1.R2/(R1+R2) or 1/( 1/R1 + 1/R2) = 7.67k for R2=10k and

R1=33k.

Writing the same loops as in the first example:

Vb = Ib.Rb + Vbe + Ie.Re + Vee

and substituting in equation 3:

Vb = Ib.Rb + Vbe + Ib(+1)Re + Vee

2
 Vb  Vbe  Vee 2.79  0.7  ( 5)
Ib    65.2 A ,
Rb  (   1) Re 7.67k  (100  1).1k

and hence Ie = (+1)Ib = 101  65.2 = 6.52mA.