// To find the inductance of a choke to operate a 120V 500W lamp at 230V clc; clear; V=120; W=500; Rl=(V^2)/W; I=W/V; // Circuit Current // Q of a choke means the ratio of its inductive reactance to its resistance Q=2; f=60; w=2*%pi*f; Vs=230; // Supply Voltage Xcir=230/I; L=poly([0 1],'L','c'); Xl=w*L; Rc=Xl/2; // Q utilised // total resistance Rt=Rl+Rc; ind=(Rt^2)+(Xl^2)-(Xcir^2);// Characteristic equation to find L L=roots(ind); disp(ind,'The Characteristic equation to find L is') if(imag(sqrt(L(1)))) L=L(2); else L=L(1); end disp('H',L,'The inductance of the choke coil = ')