The potential differences across the resistance, capacitance and inductance are 80 V, 40 V and 100 V respectively in an L-C-R circuit. The power factor of this circuit is
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.8
- 1.0
Answer
(3) 0.8
Solution
V = VR2 + (VL - VC)2
= 802 + (100 - 40)2 = 6400 + 3600 = 100 V
Power factor = VRV = 80100 = 0.8
Answer: (3)