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Name any two types of energy losses in a transformer. State how any one of them can be minimized.

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The two causes of energy loss in a transformer are :
(i) Energy loss due to induced (or eddy) currents in the core.
(ii) Energy loss due to heat produced in coils (copper loss).
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