Thank you for providing the equation and the values. Let's calculate $Z_{b2}$ using the provided equation and the given values.

The equation is:

$Z_{b2} = \frac{Z_0 R_{\text{ino}} a Z_{b1} + X_{\text{ino}} (1 + a^2) Z_{b1}^2 - \frac{R_{\text{ino}} a}{Z_0} Z_{b1}^3}{p_1 Z_{b1}^2 - Z_0 R_{\text{ino}} a}$

Given values:

• $Z_0 = 50$
• $R_{\text{ino}} = 30.99$
• $X_{\text{ino}} = 24.27$
• $p_1 = 1.246$
• $a = 0.532$
• $Z_{b1} = 72.68$

Let me compute $Z_{b2}$ step-by-step.# Given values Z0 = 50 Rino = 30.99 Xino = 24.27 p1 = 1.246 alpha = 0.532 # Representing "a" as alpha Zb1 = 72.68

Compute each term in the numerator and denominator

numerator = (Z0 * Rino * alpha * Zb1 + Xino * (1 + alpha2) * Zb12 - (Rino * alpha / Z0) * Zb1**3)

denominator = (p1 * Zb1**2 - Z0 * Rino * alpha)

Calculate Zb2

Zb2 = numerator / denominator Zb216.9879148811246716.98791488112467successThe calculated value of $Z_{b2}$ is approximately 16.99.

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