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Ch—07 Alternating Current

Daily Practice Problem 07

Q1. An inductor coil joined to a 6 𝑉𝑉 battery
draws a steady current of 12 𝐴𝐴. This coil is
connected in series to a capacitor and a.c.
source of alternating emf 6 𝑉𝑉 If the current in
the circuit is in phase with the emf, find the
𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 current.
Q4. A series 𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿 circuit with 𝐿𝐿 = 4.0 𝐻𝐻, 𝐶𝐶 =
100 𝜇𝜇𝐹𝐹 and 𝑅𝑅 = 60 Ω is connected to a
variable frequency 240 𝑉𝑉 source as shown in
Fig.

Q2. A resistor of resistance 400 Ω, and a

capacitor of reactance 200 Ω, are connected
in series to a 220 𝑉𝑉, 50 𝐻𝐻𝐻𝐻, a.c. source. If the
current in the circuit is 0.49 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎, find the

(i) voltage across the resistor and

capacitor
Calculate:
(ii) value of inductance required so that
(i) the angular frequency of the source
voltage and current are in phase.
which drives the circuit at resonance.

(ii) the current at the resonating

Q3. In the a.c. circuit shown in Fig., the main frequency.
supply has constant voltage but variable
(iii) the rms potential drop across the
frequency. For what frequency will the
inductor at resonance.
voltage across the resistance 𝑅𝑅 be
maximum?

Q5. A capacitor, resistor of 5 Ω and an

inductor of 50 𝑚𝑚𝐻𝐻 are in series with an a.c.
source marked 100 𝑉𝑉, 50 𝐻𝐻𝐻𝐻 It is found that
voltage is in phase with the current. Calculate
the capacitance of the capacitor and the
impedance of the circuit.

Q6. A series LCR circuit containing a

resistance of 120 Ω has angular resonance
frequency 4 × 105 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝑠𝑠 −1 . At resonance
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the-voltages across resistance and

inductance are 60 𝑉𝑉 and 40 𝑉𝑉, respectively.
c. At what frequency, the current in the circuit
a. The value of inductance 𝐿𝐿 is lags the voltage by 45°?

(1) 0.1 mH (1) 4 × 105 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝑠𝑠 −1

(2) 0.2 mH (2) 3 × 105 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝑠𝑠 −1

(3) 0.35 mH (3) 8 × 105 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝑠𝑠 −1
(4) 0.4 mH (4) 2 × 105 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝑠𝑠 −1

b. The value of capacitance 𝐶𝐶 is

1
(1) 𝜇𝜇𝐹𝐹
32

1
(2) µ𝐹𝐹
16

(3) 32 𝜇𝜇𝐹𝐹

(4) 16µ𝐹𝐹

ANSWERS

1. 12 A 3. 500 Hz 5. 2.02 × 10−4 𝐹𝐹, 5Ω

2. 196 V, 98 V, 0.64 H 4. 50 rad s-1, 4A, 800 V

6. a. 2, b. 1, c. 3
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