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FINDING SOLUTIONS
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The result, when cleared down, is:

Inserting this value in [A], we get

.

To simplify still further, let us imagine an angle such that . Then

,

and

.

Substituting these, we get:

,

which may be written

,

which is the solution desired.

This is indeed none other than the equation of an alternating electric current, where represents the amplitude of the electromotive force, the frequency, a the resistance, the coefficient of self-induction of the circuit, and is an angle of lag.


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