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Find the reactance of a capacitor `(C = 200 muF)` when it is connected to (a) `a 10 Hz AC source`, (b) `a 50 Hz AC` source and ( c) `a 500 Hz AC` source.

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To find the reactance of a capacitor when connected to different AC sources, we will use the formula for capacitive reactance: \[ X_C = \frac{1}{\omega C} \] where: - \(X_C\) is the capacitive reactance, ...
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