I'm having some trouble here. I'm doing old homework again to prep myself for upcoming classes. I know the book I'm using has many wrong answers in the back, but this one particular chapter has many wrong answers. I just wanted to make sure that I'm doing it right, even though I'm very sure I am, so I decided to simulate and probe the circuit via Multisim; I wanted to see the results with my own eyes. Well, I'm not seeing what I was hoping to see. I'm not doing something right here.
I am to calculate reactive, resistive, and apparent power. I got papp = 35.8mVA, px = 34.3mVAR, and pr = 10.17mW
I attached a photo of the Multisim circuit and resistive result. What am I doing wrong here?
Can you even measure reactive power? Multisim? If I probe the inductors, I would basically be seeing the power dissipated by the winding resistance right? The components are ideal so that would explain why the reading are bouncing around from negative to positive pW.