Look at a circuit made up of a resistor, a battery, a capacitor, and a switch. Take the time constant of the circuit to be 3.12 seconds. So if the resistor has a current of 420 mA and a voltage of 12.0 V when the switch is closed, calculate the capacitance of the capacitor.

Look at a circuit made up of a resistor, a battery, a capacitor, and a switch. Take the time constant of the circuit to be 3.12 seconds. So if the resistor has a current of 420 mA and a voltage of 12.0 V when the switch is closed, calculate the capacitance of the capacitor.

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