As a capacitor discharges through a resistor after how many
As a capacitor discharges through a resistor, after how many time constants is the current in the circuit equal to one half its initial value? (Use tau for and t as necessary.) t/tau=-------- Hint: topic is discharging a capacitor in an RC curcuit
Solution
I = I0*e^-t/tau
=> I0/2 = I0*e^-t/tau
=> t = ln2*tau ( for this time current will be half of initial value
