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📅 NSB MS 2016🎓 MS🔄 Round 14#️⃣ Question 16❓ TOSS-UP📝 Multiple Choice

A discharged capacitor is connected to a DC battery. One-half second after the connection is made, an ammeter in line with the capacitor shows that the current is 1.2 amps. As you continue to watch the ammeter, what will you see?

W) The current will remain constant at 1.2 amps
X) The current will stay constant at 1.2 amps and then rapidly drop to zero
Y) The current will slowly increase to a maximum and then slowly decrease to zero
Z) The current will steadily decrease to zero
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