A 2.00-nF capacitor with an initial charge of 4.60 µC is discharged through a 2.69-kΩ resistor. (a) Calculate the current in the resistor 9.00 µs after the resistor is connected across the terminals of the capacitor. (Let the positive direction of the current be define such that dQ/dt>0.)

A 2.00-nF capacitor with an initial charge of 4.60 µC is discharged through a 2.69-kΩ resistor. (a) Calculate the current in the resistor 9.00 µs after the resistor is connected across the terminals of the capacitor. (Let the positive direction of the current be define such that dQ/dt>0.)

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A 2.00-nF capacitor with an initial charge of 4.60 µC is discharged through a 2.69-kΩ resistor.

(a) Calculate the current in the resistor 9.00 µs after the resistor is connected across the terminals of the capacitor. (Let the positive direction of the current be define such that dQ/dt>0.)

I get 160.5ma which is wrong.

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