Electric Circuits
Two capacitors, with capacitances of 3 F and 6 F, are connected in series. What is the equivalent capacitance of this combination?
9 F
2 F
4.5 F
18 F
Three capacitors, with capacitances of 2 F, 4 F and 6 F, are connected in parallel. What is the equivalent capacitance of this combination?
12 F
4 F
F
F
A circuit contains a 4 F capacitor in series with a parallel combination of a 3 F and a 6 F capacitor. What is the equivalent capacitance of the entire combination?
13 F
2 F
3 F
5 F
A 2 F and a 6 F capacitor are connected in series to a 16 V battery. Find the charge on the 2 F capacitor.
96 C
24 C
32 C
12 C
An RC circuit has a resistance of 200 and a capacitance of 50 F. What is the time constant of this circuit?
0.01 s
0.1 s
1 s
10 s
In an RC circuit, what value of resistance is needed with a 20 F capacitor to achieve a time constant of 0.004 s?
80
100
200
400
How does increasing the capacitance and decreasing the resistance in an RC circuit affect the time it takes for the capacitor to charge to 50% of its maximum charge?
Increases the charging time.
Decreases the charging time.
Has no effect on the charging time.
The effect depends on the voltage of the source.

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In an RC charging circuit with a voltage of 12V and a resistance of 100 , what is the initial current immediately after the switch is closed?
0 A
0.12 A
1.2 A
12 A
In an RC charging circuit, what is the approximate charge on the capacitor after a time equal to one time constant ()?
Approximately 37% of its maximum charge.
Approximately 50% of its maximum charge.
Approximately 63% of its maximum charge.
Approximately 95% of its maximum charge.
In a charging RC circuit, derive an expression for the voltage across the capacitor as a function of time, given an electromotive force , resistance , and capacitance .