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Circuits and energy graphs

Problem

A student builds a circuit with a battery and two resistors in parallel, where R2 has double the resistance of R1. Below is the graph of the energy lost at R1 over time.
Which of the following shows the energy lost at R2 as a function of time in terms of E1?
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