Question: Problem 1 ( 3 5 points ) - For the circuit shown, the switch has been open a long time and is closed at time

Problem 1(35 points)- For the circuit shown, the switch has been open a long time and is closed at time \(\mathrm{t}-0\).
a) Find the voltage across the capacitor just before the switch is closed.
b) Find the final voltage across the capacitor.
c) Find the time constant, \(\tau \)
d) Find the voltage across the capacitor, \(\mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{c}}(\mathrm{t})\) for all \(\mathrm{t}>0\).
(e) What is the energy stored in the energy stored in the capacitor as \(\mathrm{t}\rightarrow \infty \)?
Problem 2(35 points)- For the circuit shown, the switch has been open a long time and is closed at \(\mathrm{t}=0\).
a) Find the initial current in the inductor, \(\mathrm{i}_{\mathrm{L}}(0+\)).
b) Find the final current in the inductor, \(\mathrm{i}_{\mathrm{L}}(\infty)\).
c) Find the time constant, \(\tau \).
d) Find \( i_{L}(t)\) for all \( t>0\).
e) Find the voltage across R2 just after the switch is closed.
Problem 3(30 points)- For the circuit shown, the capacitor is charged to 10 V before the switch is closed at \(\mathrm{t}=0\).
a) Find the natural frequency, \(\omega_{n}\).
b) Find the damping ratio, \( s \).
c) Is this circuit overdamped, underdamped or critically damped?
d) Sketch the voltage across the capacitor as a function of time.
e) If R1 is increased (with no changes to L or C ), what is the effect on \(\varsigma \)?
Problem 1 ( 3 5 points ) - For the circuit shown,

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