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Ideal Transformer Voltage Scaling secondary-to-primary turns ratio Solver

Rearrange the ideal transformer voltage scaling relationship and solve for secondary-to-primary turns ratio.

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Your inputCalculatedPassed forward in chains
secondary-to-primary turns ratio2
Reconstructed secondary voltage240

Calculation steps

  1. Use b=c/a with secondary voltage=240 and primary voltage=120.
  2. secondary-to-primary turns ratio=2.
  3. Substitution into c=ab reconstructs 240.

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Ideal Transformer Voltage Scaling: solve secondary-to-primary turns ratio: Rearrange the ideal transformer voltage scaling relationship and solve for secondary-to-primary turns ratio.

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Imagine using Ideal Transformer Voltage Scaling: solve secondary-to-primary turns ratio to answer this question: rearrange the ideal transformer voltage scaling relationship and solve for secondary-to-primary turns ratio? Enter secondary voltage and primary voltage; the calculator shows secondary-to-primary turns ratio. For example: primary voltage=120 and secondary-to-primary turns ratio=2 produce secondary voltage=240. The answer tells you secondary-to-primary turns ratio.

Age 15Explain it to a 15-year-oldConnect it to the formula

An ideal transformer's secondary voltage equals primary voltage multiplied by its turns ratio. This page isolates secondary-to-primary turns ratio and verifies it in the original relationship. The rule is b=c/a. Its input values are secondary voltage, primary voltage, and the main result is secondary-to-primary turns ratio. For example: primary voltage=120 and secondary-to-primary turns ratio=2 produce secondary voltage=240.

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This calculator evaluates the stated ideal transformer voltage scaling: solve secondary-to-primary turns ratio relation over the valid real-number domain stated below. The implemented relation is b=c/a, evaluated from secondary voltage, primary voltage to produce secondary-to-primary turns ratio. An ideal transformer's secondary voltage equals primary voltage multiplied by its turns ratio. This page isolates secondary-to-primary turns ratio and verifies it in the original relationship. Losses, regulation and loading make real transformer voltages depart from the ideal ratio.

Inputs and valid domain

  • secondary voltage must be a finite real number.
  • primary voltage must be a finite real number.

Important boundary: Losses, regulation and loading make real transformer voltages depart from the ideal ratio.

The formula

b=c/a

How the calculator works through it

It substitutes secondary voltage, primary voltage into the formula and exposes every numerical step above. The main output is secondary-to-primary turns ratio, accompanied by Reconstructed secondary voltage.

Read the result correctly

The secondary-to-primary turns ratio is the direct answer to “rearrange the ideal transformer voltage scaling relationship and solve for secondary-to-primary turns ratio.” Read it with the units shown beside the inputs; a sign, angle, percentage or rate changes what the number means.

A worked check

primary voltage=120 and secondary-to-primary turns ratio=2 produce secondary voltage=240.

Where this model stops being reliable

Losses, regulation and loading make real transformer voltages depart from the ideal ratio.

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Begin with the worked example, then change one value while keeping the others fixed. Compare the new result and calculation steps to identify which part of the formula changed.

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Hard requirements

  • Reading formulas and substituting values

    Ideal Transformer Voltage Scaling: solve secondary-to-primary turns ratio uses b=c/a. You need to recognise what each side represents before substituting the stated inputs or rearranging the relationship.

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These are direct reference implementations of the calculator's principal relationship and first output. They run locally and include a small known-answer check where the language supports it.

Algorithm

  1. Read secondary voltage, primary voltage.
  2. Evaluate the principal relationship: b=c/a.
  3. Return secondary-to-primary turns ratio and check the domain conditions described above.
Python
            from math import *

def ideal_transformer_voltage_solve_b(c, a) -> float:
    return (c / a)

assert abs(ideal_transformer_voltage_solve_b(240, 120) - 2) < 1e-6 * max(1.0, abs(2))
          
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C
            #include <assert.h>
#include <math.h>

double ideal_transformer_voltage_solve_b(double c, double a) {
    return (c / a);
}

int main(void) {
    const double expected = 2;
    const double actual = ideal_transformer_voltage_solve_b(240, 120);
    assert(fabs(actual - expected) < 1e-6 * fmax(1.0, fabs(expected)));
}
          
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C++
            #include <cassert>
#include <cmath>
#include <numbers>

double ideal_transformer_voltage_solve_b(double c, double a) {
    return (c / a);
}

int main() {
    constexpr double expected = 2;
    const double actual = ideal_transformer_voltage_solve_b(240, 120);
    assert(std::fabs(actual - expected) < 1e-6 * std::fmax(1.0, std::fabs(expected)));
}
          
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Linux x86-64 assembly

x86-64 NASM · System V ABI · Linux · SSE2 with libm where required

            ; double ideal_transformer_voltage_solve_b(double c, double a)
; Linux x86-64 NASM · System V ABI · first eight doubles in xmm0–xmm7
global ideal_transformer_voltage_solve_b
section .text

ideal_transformer_voltage_solve_b:
    push rbp
    mov rbp, rsp
    sub rsp, 32
    movsd [rbp-8], xmm0
    movsd [rbp-16], xmm1
    movsd xmm0, [rbp-8]
    divsd xmm0, [rbp-16]
    movsd [rbp-24], xmm0
    movsd xmm0, [rbp-24]
    leave
    ret
          
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MATLAB
            function result = ideal_transformer_voltage_solve_b(c, a)
    result = (c / a);
end
          
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Wolfram Language
            ClearAll[mwCalculate];
mwCalculate[c_, a_] := (c / a);
          
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MW SysArc. “Ideal Transformer Voltage Scaling secondary-to-primary turns ratio Solver.” MW SysArc Tools. Published July 21, 2026. Accessed August 31, 2026. https://math.mwsysarc.com/mathematical-physics/ideal-transformer-voltage-secondary-to-primary-turns-ratio-solver.

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  year = {2026},
  url = {https://math.mwsysarc.com/mathematical-physics/ideal-transformer-voltage-secondary-to-primary-turns-ratio-solver},
  note = {Published July 21, 2026; accessed August 31, 2026}
}

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What does the Ideal Transformer Voltage Scaling: solve secondary-to-primary turns ratio do?

Rearrange the ideal transformer voltage scaling relationship and solve for secondary-to-primary turns ratio.

How does the Ideal Transformer Voltage Scaling: solve secondary-to-primary turns ratio work?

The calculator applies b=c/a. An ideal transformer's secondary voltage equals primary voltage multiplied by its turns ratio. This page isolates secondary-to-primary turns ratio and verifies it in the original relationship.

What can I learn from the Ideal Transformer Voltage Scaling: solve secondary-to-primary turns ratio?

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