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Define the term 'rms value of the current'. How is it related to the peak value ?

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Incomplete cycle, the square root of average value of square of alternating current is called the root mean square (rms) value of alternating current.
`Irms = (I_(0))/(sqrt(2))`
`= 0.707 I_(0)`, where `I_(0)` is the peak value of current.
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