A shunt generator supplies 100 A. at 200 V. The armature and shunt field resistances are 0.025Ω and 100Ω, respectively. If the copper losses are equal to the iron losses at this load, find the brake horsepower of the engine driving the generator.

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A shunt generator supplies 100 A. at 200 V. The armature and shunt
field resistances are 0.025Ω and 100Ω, respectively. If the copper
losses are equal to the iron losses at this load, find the brake
horsepower of the engine driving the generator.

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