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Chapter 31 Problem 31.53

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An L-R-C series circuit is connected to an ac source of constant voltage amplitude and variable angular frequency (a) Show that the current amplitude, as a function of is (b) Show that the average power dissipated in the resistor is (c) Show that and are both maximum when , the resonance frequency of the circuit. (d) Graph as a function of for and Compare to the light purple curve in Fig. 31.19. Discuss the behavior of and in the limits

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Title Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics 13 
Author Hugh D. Young; Roger A. Freedman; A. Lewis Ford
ISBN 9780321696861

An L-R-C series circuit is connected to an ac source of

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