If you wish to take a picture of a bullet traveling at 500 m/s, then a very brief flash of light produced by an RC discharge through a flash tube can limit blurring. Assuming 1.00 mm of motion during one RC constant is acceptable,and given that the flash is driven by a 600-μF capacitor, what is the resistance in the flash tube?

If you wish to take a picture of a bullet traveling at 500 m/s, then a very brief flash of light produced by an RC discharge through a flash tube can limit blurring. Assuming 1.00 mm of motion during one RC constant is acceptable,and given that the flash is driven by a 600-μF capacitor, what is the resistance in the flash tube?

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