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    AC to DC Conversion: Determining Expected Q Factor

    Thank you gneill. So in an ideal conversion, there would be no ripple. Also thank you mfb, since your hint would have also been useful if I understood this.
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    AC to DC Conversion: Determining Expected Q Factor

    I am not sure what the ripple means. Our class discussion doesn't line up with the lab portion, so this stuff has not been covered. I have read over the manual several times but it isn't clear. All I know is that the ripple voltage is the voltage from peak to peak of the ripple, and it is...
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    AC to DC Conversion: Determining Expected Q Factor

    First off, I am sorry this post doesn't match the template guideline. I didnt realize that it was mandatory until I went to post this. I tried resetting it to get the template back, but it just restores my post. I am not understanding this topic whatsoever. We used an oscilloscope to measure...
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    High School Calculating Percent Error When Accepted Value is 0

    its ok, i have it under control. The problem was that the accepted value of soemthing was 0, and in the percent error formula, you divide by the accpted value. so when i tried to find the percent error, i would get a number divided by 0 and so it would just give me an error.
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    High School Calculating Percent Error When Accepted Value is 0

    how do you find the percent error when the accepted value is 0? you would be dividing by 0 and that just doesn't work