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Turning Waves into Circles with Imaginary Numbers

Alternating current is kind of wild. Electric charge drifting back and forth, governed by wave mechanics. But what if I told you there's a better way using imaginary numbers and the complex plane? It's called a phasor diagram.

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  • Originally Aired September 8, 2021
  • Runtime 11 minutes
  • Created January 30, 2022 by
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