As discussed in the previous Question of the Week and seen in the jpeg by clicking your mouse on the photograph below, when the switch is closed by pushing it to the left the capacitor charges. The current produced starts large and decreases exponentially, so the light bulbs go on brightly and their intensity decreases exponentially to zero.
The question this week regards what happens after the capacitor is fully charged, and the switch is then closed to the right, completing the right side of the circuit as seen in the drawing at the right above.
When the switch is closed, connecting the circuit, what will happen?
If one of the lamps were to light, it will:
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