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Given an imaginary number representing the resistance (X) and the reactance (Y) thus providing a resultant (Z) and phase angle, can anyone figure out how two resultants could be combined to form one resultant? And how could that be useful in electronics?

From: rickwendel763242 <rickwendel763242@...>
Subject: [50g] Can you help with the DROITE function
To: 50g@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 10:33 PM

Given an imaginary number representing the resistance (X) and the reactance (Y) thus providing a resultant (Z) and phase angle, can anyone figure out how two resultants could be combined to form one resultant? And how could that be useful in electronics?

I tried a couple graphs and couldn't come up with anything with cross products. I don't understand why two polar or rectangular coordinates are used to form the equation of a single line.

The DROITE function has nothing to do with complex number theory, It's just an aid to get the equation of a straight line when you now two points that belong to it. Can you take a look a this reply I did?

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/50g/message/773

It may help you

We both understand that the DROITE function is for that of a straight line. And I understand how to convert from Polar to Rectangular and from Rectangular to Polar.

We are considering why the DROITE function uses complex number mode, i.e. X + iY format. This is the format used on the command line when using DROITE in Algebraic mode.

We are exploring the idea of using it in its native rectangular mode to produce something useful in electronics, by creating a line that is represented by two vector quantities.

We are thinking about ways we could use the creation of the line to understand something more about reactive components in RC, RL or RLC circuits. Can you think of any way it could be used in that way?