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Two parallel plate capacitors of capacity $C$ and $3 C$ are connected in parallel combination and charged to a potential difference $18\, V$ The battery is then disconnected and the space between the plates of the capacitor of capacity $C$ is completely filled with a material of dielectric constant $9$ The final potential difference across the combination of capacitors will be______ $V$

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Correct Answer: 6

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The correct answer is 6.

Initial charge on
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Let final common potential difference

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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

Both the Capacitors C1 and C2 can easily get connected in series. When the capacitors are connected in series then the total capacitance that is Ctotal is less than any one of the capacitor’s capacitance.

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.