Question 13 Marks
How many time constants will elapse before the power delivered by a battery drops to half of its maximum value in an RC circuit?
Answer
View full question & answer→Power $=\text{CV}^2=\text{Q}\times\text{V}$
Now, $\frac{\text{QV}}{2}=\text{QV}\times\text{e}^{\frac{-\text{t}}{\text{RC}}}$
$\Rightarrow\frac{1}{2}=\text{e}^{\frac{-\text{t}}{\text{RC}}}$
$\Rightarrow\frac{\text{t}}{\text{RC}}=-\text{In}\ 0.5$
$\Rightarrow-(-0.69)=0.69.$
Now, $\frac{\text{QV}}{2}=\text{QV}\times\text{e}^{\frac{-\text{t}}{\text{RC}}}$
$\Rightarrow\frac{1}{2}=\text{e}^{\frac{-\text{t}}{\text{RC}}}$
$\Rightarrow\frac{\text{t}}{\text{RC}}=-\text{In}\ 0.5$
$\Rightarrow-(-0.69)=0.69.$



$\text{R}_\text{eff}=\frac{\text{r}}{3}+\text{r}=\frac{4\text{r}}{3}$
$\text{R}_\text{eff}=\frac{2\text{r}}{2}=\text{r}$
$\text{R}_\text{eff}=\frac{\text{r}}{4}$
$\text{R}_\text{eff}=\text{r}$



