Calculus Spreadsheet for an RC circuit

maali5

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I have recently been given the following question but I have no idea how to differntiate the equation or plot the equations. Can you please help me?

Capacitor = 100 nF
Resistor = 47 kΩ
Supply voltage = 5 V
Charging characteristic for a series capacitive circuit:


v=V(1- e-^(1/T)) where T=CR



n Use a spreadsheet to plot the charging curve over the range 0 to 20 ms (milliseconds).
n Differentiate the charging equation and find the rate of change of voltage at 6 ms.






Differentiate: This is my guess but I have confused myself

v = V - Ve^(-t/T).

the first term in this difference disappears in the derivative, so only have to took the derivative of -Ve^(-t/T).

the -V in front is just a constant, so v'(t) = (-V)(d/dt)(e^(-t/T))

and e^(-t/T) is of the form e^(at), where in this particular case, a = -1/T.
 
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