Will current take the path of least impedance in this circuit?

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The discussion focuses on a circuit analysis involving a current source connected to a parallel RL (Resistor-Inductor) circuit and an RC (Resistor-Capacitor) circuit. It concludes that when the current source activates, the current will predominantly flow through the path with no impedance, bypassing the capacitor entirely. Consequently, the current flowing through the inductor will match both the magnitude and phase angle of the current supplied by the current source, confirming the behavior of parallel circuits in terms of impedance.

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See the circuit in the attached image.

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Consider the circuit given in the attached image, then please answer the following questions:

1. When the current will come out of the current source, will all that current will go through the path with no impedance above, and none of it will go through the capacitor?

2. If the answer to the above question is yes, then will the current flowing through the inductor be exactly the same current (both magnitude and angle) as the current given by the current source?
 

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This circuit is basically a RL circuit and a RC circuit connected in parallel. I am not 100% sure, but i think the best direction to go with this is to look back at the properties of both of those kinds of circuits.
 

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