Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 24 - Alternating-Current Circuits - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 872: 99

Answer

$76\Omega; 99nF$

Work Step by Step

We know that $\frac{V_{rms}}{I_{rms}}=\sqrt{R^2+\frac{1}{4\pi^2f^2C^2}}$ $\implies R^2+\frac{1}{4\pi ^2 f^2C^2}=(\frac{V_{rms}}{I_{rms}})^2$.....eq(1) We plug in the known values in eq(1) to obtain: $R^2+\frac{1}{4\pi^2(20000)^2C^2}=(\frac{5}{45\times 10^{-3}})^2$....eq(2) We plug in the known values in eq(1) to obtain: $R^2+\frac{1}{4\pi^2(25000)^2}=(\frac{5}{50\times 10^{-3}})^2$.....eq(3) Subtracting eq(3) form eq(2), we obtain: $(R^2-R^2)+\frac{1}{4\pi ^2C^2}(\frac{1}{(20000)^2}-\frac{1}{(25000)^2})=\frac{(5)^2}{10^{-6}}(\frac{1}{(45)^2}-\frac{1}{(50)^2})$ This simplifies to: $C=99nF$ Now we plug in the known values in eq(2) to obtain: $R^2=(\frac{5}{45\times 10^{-3}})^2-\frac{1}{4\pi^2(20000)^2}\times (98.5\times 10^{-9})^2$ This simplifies to: $R=76\Omega$
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