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Grade 12Electrostatics

When two capacitors are joined in series the resultance capacity is 2.4 Micro Faraday and when the same two are joined in parallel the resultant capacity is 10 micro Faraday . their individual capacities are

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7 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Arun
7 Years ago
Dear Aravind
 
let capacitors are a and b
 
 
then
 
a + b = 10
 
and 
ab / a+b = 2.4
 
ab = 24
 
hence now solving
 
ab = 24
and a+b = 10
 
a = 6 and b = 4 micro farad and vice vers