Past exam of the physics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge / 2022 / Section B / 8 / b / Solution

The original diagram has a series circuit containing $R$ and $L$, in parallel with $C$; it is not three separate parallel components. The electrical admittance is thereforeFor $R>0$, voltage and current are in phase when the imaginary part of $Y$ vanishes. Excluding the zero-frequency solution, division by $\omega$ givesA nonzero lossy parallel coil resonance exists only if $L>R^{2}C$. With $R=10\Omega$, $L=0.150\mathrm{H}$ and $C=1.00\times 10^{-5}\mathrm{F}$,For zero electrical resistance, the ideal parallel inductor-capacitor cancellation occurs atThe fractional reduction relative to the zero-resistance coil isAt exactly $R=0$ and $\omega ={\omega }_0$, $Y=0$, so finite applied voltage draws zero net current in the ideal model. The quoted frequency is the limiting parallel-resonance value; the phase of an exactly zero current is undefined.