Difference between reactive power and reactance

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if some one could help me understand the difference between the math used to find the reactive powers voltamps and reactances ohms
 
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One is an impedance and the other is a power. Do you have a specific situation in mind? What other learning resources do you have access to? Have you checked out the wikipedia.org pages on these two subjects?
 
tnx for the help, it's finally clicked