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tatyanajohnson

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on: Jul 28, 2018
How many time constants must elapse if an initially charged capacitor is to discharge 55 of its stored energy through a resistor?
 a. 0.60
  b. 0.46
  c. 0.52
  d. 0.40
  e. 1.1

Question 2

In an RC circuit, how many time constants must elapse if an initially uncharged capacitor is to reach 80 of its final potential difference?
 a. 2.2
  b. 1.9
  c. 1.6
  d. 3.0
  e. 5.0


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helenmarkerine

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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C


tatyanajohnson

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Reply 2 on: Jul 28, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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