A Certain Capacitor Is Charged to 10 V and Then

question 25

Multiple Choice

A certain capacitor is charged to 10 V and then, at t = 0, allowed to discharge through a certain resistor. There will be a certain time before the voltage across the capacitor reaches 3.7 V. This time can be decreased for this circuit by increasing:

• A) the size of the time constant.
• B) the size of the resistor.
• C) the size of the capacitor.
• D) None of these choices.

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