Chapter 1: Principles of electrical science

Activity sheet 1.4: Transposition 2

Aims and objectives
At the end of this activity, you should be able to:
● complete formula transposition using divide, multiply, square and square root.

Instructions
Transpose the following formulae to make the highlighted character the subject of the
formula.

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1. XC  (C)
(2fC)

2. XL  2fL (L)

Vp Np
3.  (Np)
Vs Ns

Vp Np
4.  (Ns)
Vs Ns

Np Is
5.  (Is)
Ns Ip

6. Z2 = R2 + X2 (X)

7. Z = √(R2 + X2) (R)

8. P = √(3)VLILCosθ (IL)

(ns  nr )
9. S (nr)
ns
Icosθ
10. E (d)
d2

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