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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Berea_College/Introductory_Physics%3A_Berea_College/20%3A_Electric_Circuits/20.05%3A_Modeling_circuits_with_capacitors
      The current, I, is the rate at which charges flow through the circuit, and is thus equal to rate at which charges accumulate on the capacitor: I=dQdt Subs...The current, I, is the rate at which charges flow through the circuit, and is thus equal to rate at which charges accumulate on the capacitor: I=dQdt Substituting this into the loop equation, we obtain a separable differential equation for the charge on the capacitor as a function of time, Q(t): \[\begin{aligned} \Delta V - IR - \frac{Q}{C} &= 0\\ \Delta V - \frac{dQ}{dt}R - \frac{Q}{C} &= 0\\ \Delta V - \frac{Q}{C} &= \frac{dQ}{dt}R\\ C\Delta V…

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