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Unit 11: Electric Circuits

Resistor-Capacitor (RC) Circuits

Combine capacitors in series and parallel, derive and solve the RC charging and discharging equations, and use the time constant and steady-state rules.

Topic 11.8 · 11 min read

This lesson comes with the AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism plan

In this lesson

  1. 01Capacitors in parallel and in series
  2. 02Charging: the loop rule becomes a differential equation
  3. 03The time constant
  4. 04Discharging
  5. 05Circuits with more than one resistor
  6. 06Worked examples
  7. 07Where students lose points
  8. 08On the exam

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