The equivalent capacitance between points A and B in below shown figure will be ______ μF.
Correct Answer: 6
Solution and Explanation
The equivalent capacitance between points A and B is:
\(C_{eq} = \frac {(3\times8)\times8}{(3\times8)+8}\)
\(C_{eq} = \frac {24\times 8}{24+8}\)
\(C_{eq} = \frac {24\times 8}{32}\)
\(C_{eq} = 6\ μF\)
So, the answer is \(6\ μF\).
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Concepts Used:
Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
Electrostatic Potential
The potential of a point is defined as the work done per unit charge that results in bringing a charge from infinity to a certain point.
Some major things that we should know about electric potential:
- They are denoted by V and are a scalar quantity.
- It is measured in volts.
Capacitance
The ability of a capacitor of holding the energy in form of an electric charge is defined as capacitance. Similarly, we can also say that capacitance is the storing ability of capacitors, and the unit in which they are measured is “farads”.
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The capacitor is in Series and in Parallel as defined below;
In Series
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In Parallel
Both Capacitor C1 and C2 are connected in parallel. When the capacitors are connected parallelly then the total capacitance that is Ctotal is any one of the capacitor’s capacitance.