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Grade 12th passElectric Current

state true or false with explanation: a capacitor which is charged to a certain potential using batery , and now battery is removed and capacitor is then connected to an uncharged capacitor and when switch is closed charge flows between capacitor. if this is true then why the answer to this iit 2001 question is zero: capacitor A has charge q on it whereas capacitor B in uncharged.the charge appearing on the capacitor B a long time after the switch is closed(capacitors are connected side by side wid switch in between)???please help i dont get ur reply very soon

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11 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Saurabh Kumar
11 Years ago
This is a good problem asked in JEE exam,
I will not give you the full solution, but try to get the concept from the example i am giving, then tell me what is in linked with the concept..

Charging & Discharging of a Capacitor:
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