A generating station has a maximum demand of 30 MW, a load factor of 60% and a plant

A generating station has a maximum demand of 30 MW, a load factor of 60% and a plant capacity factor of 50%. The reserve capacity of the plant is 

 (a) 5 MW (b) 4 MW (c) 6 MW (d) 10 MW 
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A generating station has a maximum demand of 30 MW, a load factor of 60% and a plant capacity factor of 50%. The reserve capacity of the plant is 6 MW

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