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Grade 12Electrostatics

What is the charge on capacitor B when the switch S is closed?.capacitor A is charged to Q.

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8 Years agoGrade 12
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8 Years ago
Even when the circuit is closed, the negative charge will keep themselves attracted to the left hand side because of the presence of postivie charges on other plate of A, and hence both will not move under mutual attraction and the capacitor B will remain uncharged.