Procedure Before assembling the RC circuit, use the ohmmeter to measure the resi

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Procedure Before assembling the RC circuit, use the ohmmeter to measure the resistances of the two resistors you will use. Set the power supply voltage to be somewhere between 5 and 10 volts. Read the capacitor label to find out the capacitance of the capacitor. This is an estimate of the actual value. You will determine the actual capacitance as part of the experiment. Calculate what the time constant should roughly be from your values of resistance and capacitance. Assemble the following circuit with the smallest of your resistors. Note that because of the type of capacitor we're using, you must have the longer lead connected to the resistor. 3-way switch The 3-way switch will alow you to charge up the capacitor and discharge it without touching the (which causes some weird voltage spikes). The switch settings do the following things: When the switch is in the down position, the upper wire is not really part of the circuit and so you have a circuit that looks like Fig. 1-the capacitor will charge up over time. . . When the switch is in the middle position, nothing is happening. If the capacitor is charged

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Basically this I a setup of the RC circuit.

I will define the objective of this laboratory in two ways.

A. To determine the functional dependence of the potential difference across the capacitor in charging the RC circuit.

B. To verfiy the functional dependence of the potential difference across the capacitor in discharging the circuit.

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