Reactanta capacitiva:

Reactanta inductiva:

Impedanta:

Ex: Calculate the maximum current in a coil in a South African motor which has a resistance of 5 and an inductance of 3 mH. The maximum voltage across the coil is 6 V. You can assume that the resistance and inductance are in series.

Answer Calculate the reactance of the coil

Calculate the impedance of the coil

Calculate the maximum current

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Example 2: An RC circuit Question

Part of a radio contains a 30 resistor in series with a 3 F capacitor. What is its impedance at a frequency of 1 kHz?

Answer Calculate the reactance of the capacitor

Calculate the impedance

Problem 4: An engineer can describe a motor as equivalent to a 30 resistor in series with a 30 mH inductor. If the maximum value of the supply voltage is 350 V, what is the maximum current? Assume that the frequency is 50 Hz. Answer 4: Calculate the reactance:

Calculate the impedence:

Calculate the maximum current:

Problem 5: A timer circuit in a factory contains a 200 F capacitor in series with a 10 k resistor. What is its impedance? Assume that the frequency is 50 Hz. Answer 5: Calculate the reactance of the capacitor:

Calculate the impedance: