discharging capacitor 0 points possible (ungraded) a capacitor consists of two parallel circular plates of radius separated by a distance (assume ). the capacitor is initially charged to a charge . at , this capacitor begins to discharge because we insert a circular resistor of radius and height between the plates, such that the ends of the resistor make good electrical contact with the plates of the capacitor. the capacitor then discharges through this resistor for , so the charge on the capacitor becomes a function of time . throughout this problem, you may ignore edge effects and assume that the current in the resistor is uniformly distributed.