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Re: Quick question relating voltage across compacitor

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Originally Posted by Adam Y.
Im doing a problem and I am slightly confused about the voltage across a compacitor. I know it is either:
(1/C)integral(i)+v(0)
or
(1/C)(integral(i)+v(0))
Which one is it?
The first one. The v(0) takes the place of the constant C that you get in generic integration. It's the initial voltage of the capacitor. In most cases, the initial voltage is zero.

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