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Consider a bird as it flies to and lands on a power line with a potential V = 880 V rela...

Consider a bird as it flies to and lands on a power line with a potential V = 880 V relative to ground potential. Just before the bird lands on the power line, the bird’s potential is zero; after it lands, its potential is 880 V. Long after it lands, the current through the bird is zero, but there is a nonzero current just after the bird lands (called a “transient” current). (a) How much charge q must flow onto the bird (from the power line) to make the bird’s potential equal 880 V? Estimate q by approximating the bird as one side (one “plate”) of a capacitor, with the other plate at ground potential. Assume the value (b) If the bird’s resistance is what is the time constant t for the circuit? (c) The current I in this RC circuit flows for a time approximately equal to t. Find the maximum value of I.

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