Problem 1: EE Board October 1984 (202)

An industrial coil has a resistance of 32 ohms and a reactance of 24 ohms and rated 440 volts at 60 Hz. A factory will connect the coil to 440 V, 50 Hz. Supply. Solve for the value of a series resistor needed to avoid overcurrent condition.

A. 2.07
B. 2.64
C. 2.34
D. 2.06
Problem 2 EE Board October 1990 (205)
An inductive coil takes a current of 2 A and consumes 160 W when connected to a 240 V AC supply. A second coil when connected across the same supply takes 3 A and 500 W. Find the total power when the coils are connected in series to this supply

A. 144.56 W
B. 134.31 W
C. 150.22 W
D. 128.35 W
Problem 3 EE Board October 1985 (208)
A coil draws 1875 watts when connected to a 150 V DC source. It consumes 3072 watts when used on 240 V, 60 Hz AC source. Find the inductance of the coil.

A. 0.0255 H
B. 0.0341 H
C. 0.0153 H
D. 0.0240 H
Problem 4 EE Board October 1996 (210)
A resistor of 6 ohms and an unknown impedance coil in series draws 12 A from a 120-V, 60 Hz line. If the real power taken from the line is 1152 watts, what is the coil inductance?

A. 15.9 mH
B. 10.0 mH
C. 20.0 mH
D. 1.69 mH
Problem 5 EE Board April 1993 (213)
The impedance absorbs 250 watts when connected across 220 V, 60 Hz mains. It is then connected across 110 V, 25 Hz mains and also absorbs 250 watts. What is the inductance of the coil?

A. 0.125 H
B. 0.149 H
C. 0.154 H
D. 0.163 H