Reactive power drawn by a pure resistor is ___

Reactive power drawn by a pure resistor is

A. 0
B. minimum
C. maximum
D. none of the above

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Answer: A

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0, because reactive power is stored in both capacitance (in the capacitor’s electric field) or in the inductance magnetic field. The pure resistive power is not stored anywhere, but consumed as work