I am first year student and I am doing Mechanical, so it's very basic. I know what you meant, but as I said, I tried to come up with anything I failed.
Because I would like to present you somehow that I was thinking hard before bothering you with this question but I didn't even know which way to go. Completely blank.
What would be the difference in measuring voltage across the resistor in this position and when resistor and capacitors positions are in different order? And why?
http://people.sinclair.edu/nickreeder/eet1150/PageArt/RCcircuitSimple.gif