Re: RLC




"jason" <cheanglong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1112931342.655967.172020@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello All
> Say I have a resistor R, inductor L and capacitor C connected together
> in series
>
> The easiest way to find the total impedance is just plug the formula
> a+ bj
>
> Z= square root (a^2 + b^2 )
>
> without drawing any phasor diagram right?

<snip>

yep, the resistance is the horizontal axis,
the reactance is the vertical axis
and
the impedance is the hypotenuse.

Sounds just like the Pythagorean theorem, doesn't it....


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