Engineering Board Exam Reviewer · Time Response of Reactive Circuits · medium
If the resistance in a series RC charging circuit is doubled while C is unchanged, the time constant
- is halved
- stays the same
- doubles
- is quadrupled
Answer
C. doubles
Solution
=RC is directly proportional to R, so doubling R doubles and the capacitor takes twice as long to charge.
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