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AP Physics C: E&M
11.8 Resistor Capacitor (RC) Circuits
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A schematic diagram of a single-loop electric circuit containing a battery of electromotive force \varepsilon on the left vertical branch, a switch at the top horizontal wire, a resistor of resistance R on the right vertical branch, and a non-linear capacitor labeled C(V) on the bottom horizontal branch. The loop is drawn as a rectangle with thin solid lines. The battery is depicted with standard long and short parallel plate symbols, with the longer plate on top labeled with a plus sign. The resistor is depicted with a standard zigzag line labeled R. The capacitor is depicted with two parallel lines labeled C(V) = C_0(1 + V/\varepsilon). No arrows or charge signs appear on the schematic. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
RC circuit with a non-linear capacitor.
A circuit consists of an ideal battery of constant electromotive force \(\mathcal{E}\), a resistor of resistance \(R\), an open switch, and an uncharged non-linear capacitor connected in series. The capacitance of the capacitor depends on the potential difference \(V\) across its plates according to \(C(V) = C_0\left(1 + \dfrac{V}{\mathcal{E}}\right)\), where \(C_0\) is a positive constant. The switch is closed at time \(t = 0\). Which of the following expressions correctly gives the rate of change of the potential difference across the capacitor, \(\dfrac{dV}{dt}\), as a function of \(V\)?

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