A parallel plate capacitor is charged to...

A parallel plate capacitor is charged to a potential difference of 50 volts. It is then discharged through a resistance for 2 seconds and its potential drops by 10 volts. Calculate the fraction of energy stored in the capacitance.

0.14

0.25

`0.50`

0.64

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