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    Calculating Total Power and Power Factor for Parallel Loads in an AC Circuit

    yep, that's definitely what I meant, more of just a typo. Thank a lot for the help!
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    Calculating Total Power and Power Factor for Parallel Loads in an AC Circuit

    Adding a capacitor to and inductive load, it will decrease total Q, I guess I never thought of it that way for some reason, but in that case would the Q's be Load 1: 120kvar Load 2: -40kvar Load 3: 0 which gives a total of 80kvar, so: circuit totals are P=60kw Q=80Kvar...
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    Calculating Total Power and Power Factor for Parallel Loads in an AC Circuit

    Homework Statement 3 loads are connected to a source (1000Vrms, 60hz, 1 phase) in parallel load 1:Inductive, 125kva, .28pf lagging load 2:capacitive, 10kw, 40 kvar load 3:resistive, 15kw Find total S, P, Q, PF Homework Equations S=apparent (VA) P=real (W) Q=reactive (VAR) S^2=P^2+Q^2...
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    Going through solution and stuck on a step

    yep, that's it, just couldn't figure that out for some reason. Thanks a ton!
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    Going through solution and stuck on a step

    I am going through a given solution to a homework problem and have come to this statement sina cosb/(sina cosb + cosa sinb) - cosa sinb/(sina cosb - cosa sinb) = 1/(1 + tanb/tana) - 1/(1 + tana/tanb) I have looked over every trig identity that I could find but cannot figure out how the...