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The phase difference between current and ac source voltage is 53°. If rms value of current and voltage is 10 A and 20 V respectively, then power dissipated in the circuit is

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In the series LCR circuit, the power dissipation is through:
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An inductor 20mH, a capacitor 50 μF and a resistor 40 Ω are connected in series across a source of emf V=10 sin 340 t. The power loss in AC  circuit is:
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What is power dissipation in an a.c. circuit in which voltage and current are given by
V=300sinωt+π/2,I=5sinωt ?
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In an AC circuit, current is 3 A and voltage 210 V and power is 63 W. The power factor is
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A series AC circuit containing an inductor 20 mH, a capacitor 120 μF and a resistor 60 Ω is driven by an AC source of 24 V/50 Hz. The energy dissipated in the circuit in 60 s is:
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A sinusoidal voltage of peak value 250 V is applied to a series LCR circuit, in which R=8 Ω,L=24 mH and C=60 μF. The value of power dissipated at resonant condition is x kW. The value of x to the nearest integer is _______.
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In an AC circuit, the current flowing is I=5sin100t-π2A and the potential difference is e=200sin(100t). The power consumption is equal to
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A resistor of 20Ω and a capacitor are connected in series with an AC current source of 50 Hz. What should be the capacitance to produce a phase difference of 30° between the voltage and current?
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In an A.C. circuit, the instantaneous e.m.f. and current are given by, E=100sin30t,I=20sin30t-π4. In one cycle of A.C., the average power consumed by the circuit (in watt) and the watt-less current (in ampere) are, respectively:
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In a series LR circuit, power of 400 W is dissipated from a source of 250 V, 50 Hz. The power factor of the circuit is 0.8. In order to bring the power factor to unity, a capacitor of value C is added in series to the L and R. Taking the value of C as n3π μF, then value of n is 
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A sinusoidal A.C. current flows through a resistor of resistance 10 Ω. If the peak current is 2 A flowing through the resistor, then the power dissipated in _____ W.
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In series LCR circuit R=18 Ω and impedance is 33 Ω. An RMS voltage of 220 V is applied across the circuit. The true power consumed in the AC circuit is
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A lamp consumes only 50% of maximum power in an A.C. circuit. What is the phase difference between the applied voltage and the circuit current?
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In an a.c. circuit containing L, C, R in series, the ratio of true power to apparent power is (Z= impedance of the circuit, R= resistance, ϕ= phase difference between the r.m.s. values of current and e.m.f.)
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Two circuits are shown in figure (a) and (b). At a frequency of _______ rad s-1 the average power dissipated in one cycle will be the same in both the circuits.

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A small town with a demand of 1200 KW of electric power of 220 V is situated 20 Km away from an electric plant generating power at 440 V. The resistance of the two wireline carrying power is 0.5 Ω per km. The town gets power from the line through a 4000-220 V step-down transformer at a sub-station in the town. Estimate the line power loss in the form of heat.

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An AC circuit has an inductor and a resistor of resistance R in series, such that XL=3R. Now, a capacitor is added in series such that XC=2R. the ratio of the new power factor with the old power factor of the circuit is 5:x. The value of x is
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The power factor of R-L circuit is 13. If the inductive reactance is 2Ω. The value of resistance is
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An alternating voltage V=V0sinωt is applied across a circuit and as a result, a current I=I0sinωt+π2  flows in it. The power consumed per cycle is
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The potential differences across the resistance, capacitance, and inductance are 80 V, 40 V and 100 V, respectively in an LCR circuit. The power factor of this circuit is