30.

77: a) Using Kirchhoff’s Rules on the top and bottom branches of the circuit:
di1 ε
ε  i1 R1  L  0  i1  (1  e ( R1 L )t
).
dt R1
q2 di i ε (1 R2C ) t
ε  i2 R2   0   2 R2  2  0  i2  e )
C dt C R2
t
t ε
 q2  0
i 2 dt   
R2
R2 Ce (1 / R2C ) t  εC (1  e (1 / R2C ) t ).
0

ε ε 0 48.0 V
b)  i1 (0)  (1  e 0 )  0, i2  e   9.60  10 3 A.
R1 R2 5000 
ε  ε 48.0 V ε 
c) As t   : i1 ()  R (1  e )  R  25.0   1.92 A, i2  R e  0.
1 1 2

 A good definition of a “long time” is many time constants later.

  (1 R C ) t R
d)  i1  i2  (1  e ( R L ) t )  1
e  (1  e ( R L )t )  1 e (1 R C ) t .
1 2 1 2

R1 R2 R2
x2 x3
 Expanding the exponentials like e x  1  x 
   , we find :
2 3!
2
R 1R  R  t t2 
  1 t   1  t 2    1 1   2 2
 
L 2 L  R2  RC 2 R C 

R R1  R
   t  1    O(t 2 )      1 , if we have assumed that t  1.  Therefore:
R2 C 
2
 L R2
1  1   LR2 C 
t    
R2  (1 L)  (1 R2 2C )   L  R2 2 C 
 
 (8.0 H )(5000 )(2.0  10 5 F) 
 t   5
  1.6  10 3 s.
 8.0 H  (5000 ) ( 2.0  10 F) 
2

 48 V
3
e) At t  1.57  10 s : i1  (1  e ( R1 L )t )  (1  e ( 25 8) t )  9.4  10 3 A.
R1 25 
f) We want to know when the current is half its final value. We note that the current
i 2 is very small to begin with, and just gets smaller, so we ignore it and find:

  i1 2  0.960 A  i1  (1  e ( R1 L ) t )  (1.92 A )(1  e ( R1 L )t ).
R1
L 8.0 H
 e ( R1 L )t
 0.500  t  ln(0.5)  ln(0.5)  0.22 s
R1 25 