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A capacitor in an RC circuit is charged, storing 1.25 mJ of energy. What is the time required to discharge this capacitor (say, to 1% of its initial charge), as compared to the time required to discharge (to 1%) an identical capacitor in an identical RC circuit which has stored 2.5 mJ of energy instead?



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twice the time



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half the time



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the same time



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the answer depends on the values of R and C.

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