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Exam-hall rules, last bench
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Exam-hall rules, last bench

This is the boss. No calculator. Today the bench convention is 12π≈0.16\dfrac{1}{2\pi} \approx 0.16, and therefore 2π≈6.252\pi \approx 6.25 — the round stand-ins engineers keep for head arithmetic and site sanity checks. The L and C values are chosen so that LCLC and L/CL/C are both perfect squares, which means every root comes out whole and every line lands on a clean number.

One tank, one long problem, and every answer feeds the next: the resonant frequency, then the coil's reactance at it, then the capacitor's reactance as a cross-check — they must agree, and if they do not, one of your first two lines is wrong — then the bandwidth the sheet's Q allows. Write each line down as you go; one early slip rolls all the way to the verdict.

And note what the last line actually asks. It does not want another number; it wants a DECISION about whether this tank may be installed, the way a real bench check does. The arithmetic is only there to earn you the right to make it. 5★ under par here is the chapter crown. Clock in.

LCf

f=12πLCf = \frac{1}{2\pi\sqrt{LC}}

  • ff= Resonant frequency (frequency)
  • LL= Inductance (inductance)
  • CC= Capacitance (capacitance)
LC Resonant Frequency solver →
LXLf

XL=2πfLX_L = 2\pi f L

  • XLX_L= Inductive reactance (resistance)
  • ff= Frequency (frequency)
  • LL= Inductance (inductance)
Inductive Reactance (X_L = 2πfL) solver →
CXCf

XC=12πfCX_C = \frac{1}{2\pi f C}

  • XCX_C= Capacitive reactance (resistance)
  • ff= Frequency (frequency)
  • CC= Capacitance (capacitance)
Capacitive Reactance (X_C = 1/2πfC) solver →
BWf₀Q

BW=f0QBW = \frac{f_{0}}{Q}

  • BWBW= Bandwidth (frequency)
  • f0f_{0}= Centre (resonant) frequency (frequency)
  • QQ= Quality factor
Bandwidth from Q and Centre Frequency solver →
no calculator in the boss room — the numbers are chosen to fit in your head