Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 35 - AC Circuits - Exercises and Problems - Page 1053: 44

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$$\color{blue}{\bf [a]}$$ Since the capacitor and the resistor are in parallel, they have the same voltage. $$V_R=V_C$$ Hence,$I_R$ has the same direction of $\varepsilon_0$ while $I_C$ leads the $\varepsilon_0$ by an angle of $90^\circ$. See the figure below. The peak current in the resistor is given by $$I_R=\dfrac{V_R}{R}=\dfrac{\varepsilon_0}{R}\tag 1$$ and the peak current in the capacitor is given by $$I_C=\dfrac{V_C}{X_C}= \varepsilon_0\omega C\tag 2$$ $$\color{blue}{\bf [b]}$$ From the second figure below, we can see that $$I=\sqrt{I_R^2+I_C^2}$$ Plug from (1) and (2), $$I=\sqrt{\dfrac{\varepsilon_0^2}{R^2}+ \varepsilon_0^2\omega^2 C^2}$$ $$\boxed{I= \varepsilon_0 \sqrt{\dfrac{1}{R^2}+ \omega^2 C^2}}$$
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