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The document is a tutorial for PHYS 2024 focusing on RC circuits, detailing various problems related to capacitors and resistors. It includes calculations for current, charge, time constants, and voltage across capacitors in different circuit configurations. Additionally, it presents exercises involving the behavior of capacitors and resistors in both steady and transient states.

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Tutorial 5

The document is a tutorial for PHYS 2024 focusing on RC circuits, detailing various problems related to capacitors and resistors. It includes calculations for current, charge, time constants, and voltage across capacitors in different circuit configurations. Additionally, it presents exercises involving the behavior of capacitors and resistors in both steady and transient states.

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Spring 2026

PHYS 2024 – Physics II


Tutorial 5: RC circuits

[V.1] A 2.00-nF capacitor with an initial charge of 5.10 𝜇𝐶 is discharged through a 1.30-𝑘Ω
resistor. (a) Calculate the current in the resistor 9.00 𝜇𝑠 after the resistor is connected across
the terminals of the capacitor. (b) What charge remains on the capacitor after 8.00 𝜇𝑠? (c)
What is the maximum current in the resistor?

[V.2] A capacitor in an RC circuit is charged to 60.0% of its maximum value in 0.900 s. What is
the time constant of the circuit?

[V.3] In the circuit of the figure below, the switch S has


been open for a long time. It is then suddenly closed.
Determine the time constant (a) before the switch is
closed and (b) after the switch is closed. (c) Let the
switch be closed at t = 0. Determine the current in the
switch as a function of time.

[V.4] Consider the circuit in the figure beside and suppose the
switch has been closed for a long time. Under these
conditions, find
a) the current in each resistor,
b) the charge Q on the capacitor.
The switch is now opened at t = 0.
c) Write an equation for the current IR3 through R3
as a function of time.
d) Find the time interval required for the charge
on the capacitor to fall to half its initial value.
e) Find the expression of the voltage across the capacitor, as a function of time.

Additional Exercises:

[V.5] Switch S has been closed for a long time, and the electric circuit
shown in the figure beside carries a constant current. Take
C1=3.00 𝜇𝐹, C2=6.00 𝜇𝐹, R1=4.00 𝑘Ω, and R2=7.00 𝑘Ω. The power
delivered to R2 is 2.40 W. (a) Find the charge on C1. (b) Now the
switch is opened. After many milliseconds, by how much has the
charge on C2 changed?

[V.6] The circuit in the figure beside contains two resistors,


R1= 2.00 𝑘Ω and R2=3.00 𝑘Ω, and two capacitors,
C1=2.00 𝜇𝐹 and C2=3.00 𝜇𝐹, connected to a battery with
emf ℇ = 120V. No charge is on either capacitor before
switch S is closed. Determine the charges q1 and q2 on
capacitors C1 and C2, respectively, after the switch is
closed.

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