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Electric Oscillations

Problem 4.119

A circuit consisting of a capacitor with capacitance CC and a resistance RR connected in series was connected at the moment t=0t=0 to a source of ac voltage V=Vmcosωt.V=V_{m} \cos \omega t . Find the current in the circuit as a function of time tt.

Reveal Answer
I=VmR2+1/(ωC)2[cos(ωtφ)cosφet/RC],tanφ=1omegaRCI=\frac{V_{m}}{\sqrt{R^{2}+1 /(\omega C)^{2}}}\left[\cos (\omega t-\varphi)-\cos \varphi \cdot \mathrm{e}^{-t / R C}\right], \quad \tan \varphi=-\frac{1}{omega R C}