2.6 The Resistor cont.

• If i(t) > 0 so too is v(t) = Ri(t) and vice versa; i.e., if i(t) < 0 so is v(t).

• So the resistor’s absorbed power (voltage-current product) is always Pabsorbed = v(t)i(t) ³ 0

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