Submitted by Landhund t3_z1o0qe in askscience
_Tegridy_ t1_ixcz2at wrote
Reply to comment by TrappedInASkinnerBox in How exactly is the "direction" of the flow of power measured in a alternating current system? by Landhund
Yes, that's what I was trying to get at. Power as such is oscillatory as well but when we talk of V I cos(theta), that's just the average real power over one cycle.
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