Assume an inductor with a negligible resistance is connected to a 36-V, 400-Hz line. If the circuit has a current flow of 0.2 A, what is the inductance of the inductor?
The first step is to determine the inductive reactance of the circuit:
X_L=\frac{E}{I}
\mathrm{X}_{\mathrm{L}}=\frac{36 \mathrm{~V}}{0.2 \mathrm{~A}}
X_{\mathrm{L}}=180 ~\Omega
Now that the inductive reactance of the inductor is known, the inductance can be determined:
L=\frac{X_L}{2 \pi \mathrm{f}}
L=\frac{180 ~\Omega}{2 \times 3.1416 \times 400 \mathrm{~Hz}}
\mathrm{L}=0.0716~ \mathrm{H}