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CURRENT IN INDUCTORS AND LAGGING CURRENT IN CAPACITORS REMEMBER ELI THE ICE
MAN?  WHEN YOU COMBINE THE TWO YOU NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS PHASE ANGLE.
TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO GO BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL AND THE GOOD OLD PYTHAGOREAN
THEOREM.  BECAUSE THE PHASE DIFFERENCE IS ALWAYS 90, THE VALUES OF R AND X
FORM THE SIDES OF A RIGHT TRIANGLE.  THE IMPEDANCE IS THE HYPOTENUSE.  SO
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