The electromotive force is , where
is capacitance in farads,
is resistance in ohms,
is charge in coulombs.
Substitute in
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Substitute and
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The differential equation is .
(a)
\Graph the Directional field for the differential equation .
(b) Find the limiting value of the charge.
\Find the limiting value of the charge by equating .
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The limiting value of the charge is .
(c) Is there an equilibrium solution.
\Equilibrium state is the condition when becomes constant.
If is a constant then
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Substitute in
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The equilibrium solution is .
Equilibrium solution exists and is .
(d)
\The initial charge is .
Graph the directional field of
Now draw a solution curve so that it move parallel to the near by segments.
\The resulting curve is solution curve which passes through .
(e) If the initial charge is , use Euler
s method with step size
to estimate the charge after half a second.
The differential equation is and initial condition is
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Step size .
Eulers method:
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and
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The function is .
Substitute and
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Substitute ,
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The charge after a half second is .
(a) Graph of the directional field for the differential equation .
(b) The limiting value of the charge is .
(c) Equilibrium solution exists and is .
(d) Graph of the directional field of :
(e) The charge after a half second is .