AC Voltage Applied to a Resistor
AC Voltage Applied to a Resistor: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as AC Circuit, Pure Resistance AC Circuit, Alternating Voltage, Variation of Resistance with AC Frequency, Instantaneous Value of Sinusoidal AC Current or Voltage, Peak Value of Sinusoidal AC Current or Voltage, etc.
Important Questions on AC Voltage Applied to a Resistor
A capacitor is connected to source. The capacitive reactance and the RMS current would be:

The instantaneous current and voltage of an AC circuit are given by and . The power dissipation in the circuit is

A resistor of and a capacitor of 15.0 are connected in series to a 220 V, 50 Hz a.c. source. Calculate
(i) The current in the circuit.
(ii) The rms voltage across the resistor and the capacitor.

The instantaneous current and voltage of an a.c. circuit are given by and . What is the power dissipation in the circuit?

If Volt, then the time taken to reach the maximum point from zero.

The average value of current from to is how many times of ?

Find the value of rms current if, the current function is given by

What will be the root mean square value of current? When a direct current of is superimposed on an alternating current .

An alternating voltage is connected to a micro farad capacitor through an AC ammeter. The reading of the ammeter shall be:

If a capacitor of is connected to a , AC source and the current passing through it is then the rms voltage across it is

Assertion : The alternating current lags behind the e.m.f. by a phase angle of , when AC flows through an inductor.
Reason : The inductive reactance increases as the frequency of AC source decreases.

Assertion: In a purely resistive ac circuit instantaneous power varies sinusoidally.
Reason: Applied ac voltage varies sinusoidally.

A sinusoidal voltage is applied to a resistor of resistance. Calculate the power dissipated as heat in .

A sinusoidal voltage is applied to a resistor of resistance. Calculate the rms value of the current.

A sinusoidal voltage is applied to a resistor of resistance. Calculate the rms value of the voltage.

A sinusoidal voltage is applied to a resistor of resistance. Calculate the frequency of the supply.

The r-m-s value of and is _____ times for a complete cycle. Here, is peak voltage.

The average value of for the interval is _____.

The ratio of average value of alternating voltage for the time interval to and to will be

Average value of current in a.c circuit containing resistor is for time-interval to
