In a flashing neon sign display, a certain time constant is desired. (a) To increase this time

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In a flashing neon sign display, a certain time constant is desired.
(a) To increase this time constant, you should (1) increase the resistance, (2) decrease the resistance, (3) eliminate the resistor. Why?
(b) If a 2.0 s time constant is to be tripled and you have a 1.0-μF capacitor, by how much should the resistance change?
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College Physics

ISBN: 978-0321601834

7th edition

Authors: Jerry D. Wilson, Anthony J. Buffa, Bo Lou

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