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--- 184_notes:examples:week8_charge_discharge_caps_resistors [2018/06/26 14:49] – curdemma
+++ 184_notes:examples:week8_charge_discharge_caps_resistors [2021/07/05 21:15] (current) – schram45
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 ===Approximations & Assumptions===
-  * The wire has very very small resistance when compared to the other resistors in the circuit.
+  * The wire has very very small resistance when compared to the other resistors in the circuit: This allows there to be no energy loss across the wires and no potential difference across them either, simplifying down the model.
-  * The resistors in the circuit are made of Ohmic materials.
+  * The resistors in the circuit are made of Ohmic materials: Ohmic materials have a linear relationship between voltage and current, this allows us to use ohms law.
-  * Practically speaking, the capacitors becomes "fully charged" (with respect to the potential differences in the circuit) at some finite time.
+  * Practically speaking, the capacitors becomes "fully charged" (with respect to the potential differences in the circuit) at some finite time: Making this assumption means we are dealing with perfect capacitors that will not lose charge and will reach a peak charge in a finite time.
 ===Representations===