Sometimes it is necessary to determine the length of time that a reactive circuit will take to reach a predetermined value. This is especially true in cases where we're designing an RC or L/R circuit to perform a precise timing function. To calculate this, we need to modify our "Universal time constant formula." The original formula looks like this:
If ex = a, then ln a = x.
If ex = a, then the natural logarithm of a will give you x: the power that e must be was raised to in order to produce a.
Let's see how this all works on a real example circuit. Taking the same resistor-capacitor circuit from the beginning of the chapter, we can work "backwards" from previously determined values of voltage to find how long it took to get there.
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