Capacitor in a Heart Pacemaker

A heart pacemaker activates \({{ params.rate }}\) times per minute. Each time, a \({{ params.C }}\rm\ nF\) capacitor is charged (by a battery in series with a resistor) to \({{ params.charge }}\) of its full voltage.

Question Text

What is the value of the resistance?

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Problem is from the OpenStax University Physics Volume 2 textbook, licensed under the CC-BY 4.0 license.