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I get very confused when you have circuits involving Capacitors and Resistors
Especially the concept of current traveling through the path of least resistance
1) Let's say you have a circuit with a battery... with a resistor in parallel first, then a capacitor in parallel to the resistor.. does the current NOT pass thru the resistor at all.. since the capacitor route has no resistance?
I've included an image called CIRCUIT 1
2) Let's say you have the following scenario in CIRCUIT 2... diagram is provided... what happens when you close the switch?? does all of it pass into the capacitor ? or if it splits, how does it split :(
Is there a simple conceptual way to understand these rules so that I don't have to keep memorizing what happens with diff. scenarios
Especially the concept of current traveling through the path of least resistance
1) Let's say you have a circuit with a battery... with a resistor in parallel first, then a capacitor in parallel to the resistor.. does the current NOT pass thru the resistor at all.. since the capacitor route has no resistance?
I've included an image called CIRCUIT 1
2) Let's say you have the following scenario in CIRCUIT 2... diagram is provided... what happens when you close the switch?? does all of it pass into the capacitor ? or if it splits, how does it split :(
Is there a simple conceptual way to understand these rules so that I don't have to keep memorizing what happens with diff. scenarios