A capacitor consists of two metal surfaces separated by an electrical insulator with no electrically conductive path through it. Why does a current flow in a resistor-capacitor circuit when the switch is closed?

Displacement current flows in the dielectric material(insulated region)

Explanation:

Firstly a capacitor stores charge when a capacitor is charging (or discharging), current flows in the circuit. Also, there is no charge transfer in the dielectric material in the capacitor which is contradictory to the flow of current. Hence, displacement current is the current in the insulated region due to the changing electric flux.

when jerome paddle in flowing river towards east the net speed of jerome will increase

so the net speed of jerome will be given as

now the speed of paul will be same as it is given as he is running on the ground

so

so here we can say since the speed of jerome is more so he will win the race

now as we know the distance so the time difference is given as

so jerome will reach first and the time difference will be 203.55 s or 3.4 min