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35.

How long would it take the capacitor in the given circuit to completely discharge if the switch was in position 2?

22 ms
69 ms
345 ms
420 ms
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
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YASHAWANTH M said:   7 years ago
Why you multiple with 5 times?

Lex said:   7 years ago
@All.

In the circuit, R2 and R3 are in kilo ohms. That's why there is *1000.

Girish kulkarni said:   8 years ago
Why here resistance added, here in fig resistance are connected in parallel know then? Please explain.

Decim said:   8 years ago
@Manikandaan and @Shadan

That 1000 is for the computation of total resistance,
(6.2+2.2)*1000= 8400 &Ohm;

Manikandan said:   8 years ago
Why Mulitply of 1000 here?

Shadan said:   8 years ago
Why we multiply by 1000?

Naveen G said:   9 years ago
@Kiran and @Hima.

You guys substituted C = 1x10^-6 F, instead 10x10^-6 F(As given in the question).

So your answer is 42 ms (wrong), instead 420 ms (Correct).

Hima said:   9 years ago
RC = (6.2 + 2.2) * 1000 * 10^-6 is equal to 8.4ms.

Then to completely discharge 5 time constants.
= 5RC.
= 8.4 * 5 = 42 ms.

So I agree with you @ Kiran.

KIRAN V said:   9 years ago
Time constant = RC.

= (6.2 + 2.2) * 1000 * 10^-6.
= 8.4 ms.

To completely discharge 5 time constants.
= 5RC.
= 8.4 * 5 = 42 ms.

Abhiee said:   1 decade ago
Vc = vin*(1-e^(-t/rc)).

If we substitute t=1 rc then output of capacitor is 63.7%. Similarly if we substitute t=5*r*c in the equation. Then the output of the capacitor is 99.8%. i.e. it is fully charged.


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