7.3 - AC VOLTAGE REPRESENTATION OF CURRENT AND VOLTAGE BY ROTATING VECTORS (PHASORS)
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What is a phasor?
💡 Hint: Think of phasors as tools for visualizing AC circuit behaviors.
In a purely resistive circuit, are voltage and current in phase?
💡 Hint: Consider the timing of their maximum and minimum values.
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What does a phasor represent in an AC circuit?
💡 Hint: Focus on the context of AC circuits.
True or False: In an inductor, the current leads the voltage.
💡 Hint: Review the phase relationships.
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Given a resistive circuit with a sinusoidal AC source, derive the equations for power, considering rms values.
💡 Hint: Apply the relation between peak and rms values during your calculation.
Illustrate the phase relationships and calculate average power in a series RLC circuit operating at resonance.
💡 Hint: Recall the conditions for resonance in RLC circuits.
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