High School Physics : Using Capacitor Equations

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Example Questions

Example Question #51 : Electricity And Magnetism

Three capacitors in parallel have a capacity of , and , respectively. What is the total capacitance?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for capacitors in parallel is:

Plug in our given values:

Example Question #52 : Electricity And Magnetism

Three capacitors in series have a capacity of , and , respectively. What is the total capacitance?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for capacitors in series is:

Plug in our given values:

 

Example Question #53 : Electricity And Magnetism

Three capacitors of equal capacitance are in a series circuit. If the total capacitance is , what is the capacitance of each individual capacitor?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for capacitors in a series is:

Since we have three equal capacitors, we can say:

Using the value for total capacitance, we can find the value for the individual capacitance.

Example Question #54 : Electricity And Magnetism

Three capacitors of equal capacitance are in a parallel circuit. If the total capacitance is , what is the capacitance of each individual capacitor?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for capacitors in parallel is:

Since we have three equal capacitors, we can say:

Use the value for total capacitance to find the individual capacitance value.

 

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