A highly inductive load draws 10kW at 0.75 lagging power factor, connected in parallel to this load is a synchronous motor being operated at 0.9 leading power factor. Solve the minimum size in kW of the synchronous motor that will make the combined load have a lagging power factor of 0.8.

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A highly inductive load draws 10kW at 0.75 lagging power factor, connected in parallel to this load is a synchronous motor being operated at 0.9 leading power factor. Solve the minimum size in kW of the synchronous motor that will make the combined load have a lagging power factor of 0.8.

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