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The complex impedance of an ideal capacitor with capacitive reactance XC is

  1. +jXC
  2. XC
  3. -jXC
  4. jXC2

Answer

C. -jXC

Solution

The capacitor's voltage lags its current by 90°, so its impedance is the negative imaginary quantity ZC=1/j C=-jXC.

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