(a)
\Calculate the RMS voltage of household current.
\The voltage of electricity is , where
is the time in seconds.
Voltmeters read the RMS (root-mean-square) voltage, which is the square root of the average value of over one cycle.
The function is .
Period of is
.
Average value of is
.
Let , then
.
The boundaries are and
.
Average rate of is
.
Therefore, RMS voltage of household current is .
(b)
\ Find the corresponding amplitude needed for the voltage .
Many electric stoves require an RMS voltage of 220 V.
\If the amplitude of voltage is with
, then the RMS voltage is
.
RMS voltage : .
.
Therefore, the corresponding amplitude needed for the voltage is
.
(a) RMS voltage of household current is .
(b) The corresponding amplitude needed for the voltage is
.