Understanding Capacitor Charging Time

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ok I am really not very good with this stuff at the moment. From reading the text I have gotten somewhere but have obviously screwed it up. ln -.3 doesn't exist obviously. Please help me with this. thanks

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attempt can be seen in the same attachment as question. again I really need help with this..
 
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  • Handwritten-style worked attempt at a series R-C charging problem: q(t) = qmax(1 - e^(-t/RC)), q = CE, then 0.01 x 10^-6 x 70 = .01 x 10^-6 x 100(1 - e^(-t/RC)), simplified to 0.7 - 1 = -e^(-t/(100x10^3 x 0.01x10^-6)) and ln -0.3 = -t/(1 x 10^-3).
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You have on the left side near to the end

0.7-1 = -e t

0.7-1 is -0.3

so you will end up with something like -0.3=-et. The -1s cancel.
 
thanks - do you know what's going on with my other problem that we had different answers to?