For an AC circuit, an inductor of unknown value was tested to determine whether it's in parallel or in series with a resistor in the circuit. The frequency in the function generator was increased and the phase difference between current and voltage waveforms also increased. Is this inductor in series or parallel? What if the a capacitor was tested instead ?

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For an AC circuit, an inductor of unknown value was tested to determine whether it's in parallel or in series with a resistor in the circuit. The frequency in the function generator was increased and the phase difference between current and voltage waveforms also increased. Is this inductor in series or parallel? What if the a capacitor was tested instead ?

 

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