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70.
What is the impedance of an ac RC parallel circuit if the resistance is 12 ohms and the capacitive reactance equals 5 ohms?
0.2 ohms
3.5 ohms
4.6 ohms
13 ohms
Answer: Option
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Siva3cool@gmail.com said:   1 decade ago
Please work out.

Vid said:   1 decade ago
R and C are parallel
(R/1+RjWC)=R/sqrt(1+(RwC)2)=4.16

Keerthi said:   1 decade ago
Impedance z = sqrt(r^2+xc^2)

Then its value is 13 but how it is 4.46 tell me please?

Subbu said:   1 decade ago
Here, capacitor reactance is given so 12*5/(12+5)=3.5 ohms

Plz, say why is it wrong?

Rathi said:   1 decade ago
Impedance of RC Parallel circuit is RXc/(sqrt(Xc^2+R^2))
= 12x5/sqrt(25+144)
= 4.6154 ohms

Chayan said:   1 decade ago
Hello Vid,

Your concept is right but the calculation you have done, I think is not correct the result is 0.198 or 0.2ohm.

I can't understand how the other people gets the answer 4.7 ohm.

Please make it clear.

Chayan said:   1 decade ago
Hello @Subbu,

The formula you have used is for parallely connected DC Resistance. Here we are given the reactance (resistance for ac analysis, the resistance a capacitor and an inductor introduces in a circuit is called reactance, which is given by Xc and Xl) and resistance. And as they are connected in parallel so the net resistance i.e. impedance will be R/sqrt (1+ (RWC) ^2).

Glenn said:   1 decade ago
Rathi is correct the formula is RXc/sqrt(R^2 +Xc^2).

Vikas choudhary said:   1 decade ago
It is given in parallel so net impedance is given:

Z = (R*-jXc)/R-jXc= -j60/5-j12 by rationalisation we get:

720-j300/168 now taking magnitude.

Square root(720^2+300^2)/169 == 4.6153.

BHADMANATHAN.C said:   1 decade ago
Impedance values for, parallel circuit is,

Z = V/I.

=> IR/I = R. So R = Xc = 5ohm.

For series circuit, Z = R+jXc.


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