You are provided with three capacitors with capacitance 2µf, 5µf and 3µf . i) Sketch a diagram showing how the three capacitors can be connected to...

You are provided with three capacitors with capacitance 2µf, 5µf and 3µf .
i) Sketch a diagram showing how the three capacitors can be connected to produce
maximum capacitance.
ii) Determine the maximum capacitance.
iii) The arrangement in (i) above is connected in series with a 12V battery.
Calculate the work done in charging the capacitors.

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i)
ii) C = C1 + C2 + C3 ;
C = 2µf + 5µf + 3µf = 10µf ;
iii)

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Kavungya answered the question on November 4, 2019 at 13:57

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