a. What is the capacitance of the capacitor?

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A camera flash circuit consisting of 3 AA batteries in series, a capacitor and a flash bulb is shown in the figure.
The parallel-plate capacitor is made from 2 circular plates with a radius of 0.25cm and separated by a distance
of 1mm. The AA batteries provide a voltage of 1.5V each. While charging the
capacitor, switch A is closed and switch B is open.
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a. What is the capacitance of the capacitor?
b. What is the voltage across the capacitor and what is the charge stored on the capacitor when it is fully
charged?
c. How much energy is stored on the capacitor when it is fully charged?
d. After the capacitors are fully charged, switch A is opened. To use the flash once, you close and then open
switch B. After one flash, the energy is reduced by 50%. What is the voltage across the capacitor after one
flash?
e. If you were to add a second (identical) capacitor to the circuit, how would you connect it so that you
increase the total energy available for the flash bulb? Draw your new circuit.
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Transcribed Image Text:A camera flash circuit consisting of 3 AA batteries in series, a capacitor and a flash bulb is shown in the figure. The parallel-plate capacitor is made from 2 circular plates with a radius of 0.25cm and separated by a distance of 1mm. The AA batteries provide a voltage of 1.5V each. While charging the capacitor, switch A is closed and switch B is open. B a. What is the capacitance of the capacitor? b. What is the voltage across the capacitor and what is the charge stored on the capacitor when it is fully charged? c. How much energy is stored on the capacitor when it is fully charged? d. After the capacitors are fully charged, switch A is opened. To use the flash once, you close and then open switch B. After one flash, the energy is reduced by 50%. What is the voltage across the capacitor after one flash? e. If you were to add a second (identical) capacitor to the circuit, how would you connect it so that you increase the total energy available for the flash bulb? Draw your new circuit. Bulb
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