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Show that the differential equation governing the behavior of an RLC circuit can be written directly in terms of the current $i(t)$ has$$\frac{d^{2} i}{d t^{2}}+\frac{R}{L} \frac{d i}{d t}+\frac{1}{L C} i=\frac{1}{L} \frac{d E}{d t}$$
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Mathematically, this is represented as: $$ i(t) = \frac{dQ}{dt} $$ Show more…
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