Question

does the current flow in the same direction for the charging and discharging part? ( how do you know) why are they in the same/opposite direction?

thank you

Answer 1

example of charging the capacitor,the charges flows and starts accumulation of charge on plates of capacitor, so that current passes through capacitor in one direction (say cloclwise direction),once the capacitor was fully chared,remove the battery from the circuit and observe the discharging of the capacitor from the plates of capacitor which conducts the current in the opposite direction(counter clockwise) to the earlier current direction

hence the direction of current is opposite directions while charging and discharging of the capacitor