In a circuit shown in the figure, the capacitor C is initially uncharged and...
In a circuit shown in the figure, the capacitor is initially uncharged and the key is open. In this condition, a current of flows through the resistor. The key is closed at time . Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?
[Given : ]
From second branch, we can see the potential drop across the branch is .
Now for the first branch, we can write
and from third branch, we can write
Now from Kirchoff's junction rule,
Now, from equation(1), we can write
All three branches are in parallel, therefore we can write equivalent resistance as:
As all branches are in parallel with the capacitor branch, potential drop across all three branches will be the same. Therefore,
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Now, current variation in the circuit due to charging will be
At, , we get
At steady state, voltage across capacitor .
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