Consider a capacitor of capacitance 2 μF. (a) Find the time constant of a circuit when the capacitor is connected to a 1.0 k2 resistor. (b) Suppose the capacitor was charged to contain 5.0 μc at t= 0. At what time will there be 2.0 μc left on the capacitor?

Consider a capacitor of capacitance 2 μF. (a) Find the time constant of a circuit when the capacitor is connected to a 1.0 k2 resistor. (b) Suppose the capacitor was charged to contain 5.0 μc at t= 0. At what time will there be 2.0 μc left on the capacitor?

Introductory Circuit Analysis (13th Edition)

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