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Charging and discharging a capacitor in an RC circuit

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A capacitor C is charged from a 10V supply through a resistor, and is then fully discharged again so that its voltage cycles from 0 to 10V and back to 0. Find the energy dissipated in the resistor, the energy stored in the capacitor, and energy drawn from the voltage source in this cycle.

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We solve the amount of energy that has been stored in a capacitor in an RC circuit during the charging and discharging process. Also the dissipated energy in the resistor is calculated.

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