19.6 Capacitors in Series and Parallel

Reciprocal sums in series and direct sums in parallel, and untangling a mixed network down to one effective capacitance.

College Physics 2e, 19.6 Capacitors in Series and Parallel

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19.6 Exercise 4

What total capacitances can you make by connecting a $5 . \text{00 }\mu\text{F}$ and an $8 . \text{00 }\mu\text{F}$ capacitor together?

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Unreasonable Results

(a) An $8 . \text{00 }\mu\text{F}$ capacitor is connected in parallel to another capacitor, producing a total capacitance of $5 . \text{00 }\mu\text{F}$ . What is the capacitance of the second capacitor? (b) What is unreasonable about this result? (c) Which assumptions are unreasonable or inconsistent?

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