Engineering Board Exam Reviewer · RL Circuits · easy
If the frequency applied to a coil is doubled, its inductive reactance
- is halved
- is doubled
- stays the same
- is quadrupled
Answer
B. is doubled
Solution
XL=2π fL is directly proportional to frequency, so doubling f doubles XL.
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