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Consider a series circuit containing a resistor of resistance R and a capacitor of capacitance C connected to a source of EMF ε with negligible internal resistance.


 Consider a series circuit containing a resistor of resistance R and a capacitor of capacitance C connected to a source of EMF ε with negligible internal resistance. The wires are also assumed to have zero resistance. Initially, the switch is open and the capacitor discharged. (Figure 1)

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Immediately after the switch is closed, what is the voltage across the resistor?

Immediately after the switch is closed, what is the direction of the current in the circuit?

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Immediately when the switch is closed, the capacitor behaves like a short or you can say a switch with zero resistance so all the voltage drop is across resistance. So voltage across resistor is epsilon e

2. Clockwise.

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