Due to non sinusoidal waveform of the input current, the power factor of the rectifier is____________?

A. Negatively affected by firing angle

B. Negatively affected by distortion of the input current

C. Positively affected by both firing angle and distortion of the input current

D. Both (a) and (b)

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