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(a)
A particular 240V, 50Hz electrical appliance is rated at 2kW and has a lagging power factor of 0.7.

(i)
Determine the appliance's power factor when it is used on a 60Hz supply.

(ii)
Calculate the supply voltage required to maintain the appliance at its rated power when operated off a 60Hz supply.

(b)
When placed in series a coil and capacitor resonate at a frequency of 2251Hz and when placed in parallel they resonate at a frequency of 2228Hz. At parallel resonance it is also found that a current of 5mA flows from the supply when the supply voltage is 25V r.m.s.
Determine the value of the capacitor and the inductance and the resistance of the coil.

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(a)
A particular 240V, 50Hz electrical appliance is rated at 2kW and has a lagging power factor of 0.7.

(i)
Determine the appliance's power factor when it is used on a 60Hz supply.

Solution: The phase shift of the apparent power to the real power is:
(please see the attached file)

And the relationship of the real power and the reactive power is:
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Substituting the values, we have:
(please see the attached file)

The inductive reactance can be computed by using the formula:
(please see the attached file)

Solving, we have:
(please see the attached file)

From the inductive reactance, we can ...

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