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Past exam of the physics 2 paper of the University of Oxford 2016 resit 11 ii Solution by
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Put , , and . When the switch reopens, the circuit again contains the battery and all three series elements. Inductor current continuity and capacitor voltage continuity giveThus , not zero. Differentiating the loop equation gives the homogeneous current equationThe battery is still connected; its constant voltage disappears on differentiating, and the eventual capacitor voltage is .
With and , the inequality makes the circuit underdamped. The damped angular frequency and ordinary frequency areThe full current satisfying both initial conditions isIts amplitude envelope decays as . ThereforeThis is measured after reopening; on the clock starting with the first closure it is . An instantaneous current zero is not an amplitude decay measurement.
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