Engineering Find the reactive power before power factor correction

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Homework Statement
The power factor of a certain load is improved to 0.92 lagging with the addition of a 30 kVAR bank of capacitors. If the resulting supply apparent power is 200 kVA, determine the power factor before correction.
Relevant Equations
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Relevant Equations:
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My solution:
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Could someone please verify my answer?
 
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