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Past exam of the physics 2 paper of the University of Oxford 2022 1 ii Solution by
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Put and , with . The first interval leaves electric current . Position B reconnects the battery, so the driven RL circuit obeys . Multiplication by the integrating factor , or subtraction of the constant solution , givesConsequentlyThe same two intervals give the recurrence relation . Its fixed point is . Subtracting this fixed point makes the recurrence relation homogeneous:This is the upper endpoint of the eventual periodically switched RL circuit response, immediately before switching from B to A. The lower endpoint is . Their sum is , consistent with equal charging and discharging intervals.
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