Find the power factor for an RC circuit connected to a 75.0 Hz generator with an rms voltage of 195 V. The values of R and C in this circuit are 100 Ω and 76.4 μF , respectively.
The power factor, or the cosine of the angle of the power triangle is defined as
where is the resistance and is the impedance.
The impedance is equal to
where
Putting in our values, we get
Substituting these values into our formula for the power factor, we get
The power factor is
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