Mesh Currents with Differential Equations

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I've attached a picture of the problem statement, figure, and of my work so far.

I'm trying to use mesh currents and then differentiate it, but I really have no idea if I'm on the right track.

Also, I don't understand why i1 isn't just V/R (The physical current is the mesh current for R1, right?).

As you can tell, I'm pretty lost.
Would appreciate any help offered :)
 
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  • Circuit schematic for Fig. 27-65: a battery with emf script E in series with R1, then switch S, feeding a parallel branch of R2 and a path with R3 in series with capacitor C.
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  • Handwritten circuit diagram with a battery, resistor R1, switch S, resistors R2 and R3, and a capacitor C, with mesh currents i_A and i_B marked, beside handwritten values and Kirchhoff loop equations.
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Because the problem only asks for what's happening at $t=0$ and $t=\infty$, you won't actually have to solve any DE's for this problem. Remember what a charged and discharged capacitor look like, right? So you can use that knowledge to determine the answers to the questions asked.