How does a voltage divider work with a resistor and capacitor in an RC circuit?

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Is it possible to make a voltage divider split a DC power input between a resistor and capacitor? If so, does anyone have a good way to calculate vout as a function of time? Thanks :D
 
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PsychonautQQ said:
Is it possible to make a voltage divider split a DC power input between a resistor and capacitor? If so, does anyone have a good way to calculate vout as a function of time? Thanks :D

Please read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rc_circuit

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