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Date November 2019 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 19N.2.HL.TZ0.9c
Level HL Paper 2 Time zone TZ0
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19N.2.HL.TZ0.9c

X has a capacitance of 18 μF. X is charged so that the one plate has a charge of 48 μC. X is then connected to an uncharged capacitor Y and a resistor via an open switch S.

(c)

Suggest why the answers to (a) and (b)(ii) are different.

[2]

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charge moves/current flows «in the circuit» ✔
thermal losses «in the resistor and connecting wires» ✔

NOTE: Accept heat losses for MP2

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