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What is the total opposition to the flow of alternating current called? A) Resistance B) Capacitance C) Inductance D) Impedance

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The total opposition to the flow of alternating current (AC) in an electric circuit is called impedance. Impedance includes both resistance (opposition to the flow of current in a resistor) and reactance (opposition due to capacitance and inductance). Impedance is a complex quantity and is represented by a complex number, where the real part corresponds to resistance, and the imaginary part corresponds to reactance.

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