A heart defibrillator being used on a patient has an RC time constant of 11.0 ms due to the resistance of the patient asnd the capacitance of the defibrillator. If the defibrillator has an 7.25uF capacitance, what is nthe resistance of the path through the patient? If the initial voltage is 12.0 kV, how long does it take to declineto 427 V?

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A heart defibrillator being used on a patient has an RC time constant of 11.0 ms due to the resistance of the patient asnd the capacitance of the defibrillator. If the defibrillator has an 7.25uF capacitance, what is nthe resistance of the path through the patient? 

If the initial voltage is 12.0 kV, how long does it take to declineto 427 V?

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T i m e space c o n s tan t space left parenthesis T right parenthesis space equals space 11 space m s space
equals space 0.011 space s space
C a p a c i tan c e space left parenthesis C right parenthesis thin space equals space 7.25 mu F space
L e t space t h e space r e s i s tan c e space equals space R thin space

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