Capacitance for a parallel RC circuit

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Homework Statement



A circuit consists of a Zener diode, capacitor and resistor in parallel. Voltage to be maintained across the components is 4.7V, power 5mW. Find the values for resistor and capacitor

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The Attempt at a Solution



I found the resistance by taking P=V^2/R, and using the given values for P and V, R=4.4k(Ohms). I have a problem with finding the capacitance value.
I found the current for the resistor. But there're 2 unknowns now, the capacitor value and the Ic. I've come up to the point where two equations are obtained: Ic=CdV/dt; Ir=V/R. How do I proceed from here to get C? Is this the correct way of approaching this?

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The problem is incomplete. Is this circuit connected to the output of a rectifier? If so, is it full wave or half wave? What is the peak voltage of the rectified voltage. (I assume the frequency is 60 Hz).