Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A resistor, an inductor and a capacitor are joined in series to an alternating source, as in the figure. The source has an rms voltage of and an angular frequency of . The values are , and . The resistance of the inductor coil and of the source can be ignored. The rms value of a voltage or a current is the steady value that would give the same average heating in a resistor. The power factor is the cosine of the phase angle between the source voltage and the current. The three parts are in series, so they carry the same current at every instant.
Work out the two reactances first and decide which of them is the larger.
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Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Given. , , , , .
(a) Impedance. . , with , which is . The inductive reactance is larger, so . .
(b) Current. .
(c) Power. Only the resistor uses power: .
(d) Power factor. . The phase angle is , and the voltage leads the current because the circuit is inductive.
(e) Second capacitor. Resonance at needs . This is smaller than , so the new capacitor goes in series: , which gives .
Answer: (a) . (b) . (c) . (d) . (e) .
Check. , the same as . After adding the total capacitance is , as needed.
Watch out. A capacitor in parallel adds capacitance, which would need here, a negative value, so it cannot be done that way. Resonance also needs a larger , which means a smaller capacitance, so a series capacitor is the only choice.
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