Characteristics of Alternating Currents
 

Characteristics of Alternating Currents problem 15


  • The output of a power supply is represented by:




    where is the potential difference in volts and is the time in seconds. Determine, for the output of the supply:


    • the root-mean-square (r.m.s.) voltage,


    • the period .


  • The variations with time of the output potential difference from two different power supplies are shown in graph I and graph II below.




    The graphs are drawn to the same scale. State and explain whether the same power would be dissipated in a resistor connected to each power supply.


 

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