The 75 kW load in the circuit below has a lagging power factor of 0.85. What size capacitor must be added to this circuit to correct the power factor to 0.95 lagging? 277V

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Hello. I keep getting stuck on this problem Could you help me out?

The answer I got was -31 Kvar. I'm not sure if its in series or parallel. 

Thank you. 

The 75 kW load in the circuit below has a lagging power factor of 0.85. What size capacitor
must be added to this circuit to correct the power factor to 0.95 lagging?
+
277V
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