A capacitor C is charged so that the potential difference (p.d.) across its terminals is
. The capacitor is connected into the circuit shown in the figure below.
The switch is initially open. The switch is closed at time .
The graph below shows the variation of with the charge
on the plates of capacitor C as the capacitor discharges.
Determine the capacitance of capacitor C. Give a unit with your answer.
The graph below shows the variation with of
.
Show that, when is equal to one time constant, the value of
is equal to
.
Determine the time constant of the circuit in the figure shown above.
Calculate the resistance of resistor .