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For the system of capacitors shown in the figure below, find the following. (Let C1 = 8.00 µF and C2 = 6.00 µF.)
(a) the equivalent capacitance of the system
b) the charge on each capacitor
on C1
on C2
on the 6.00 µF capacitor
on the 2.00 µF capacitor
(c) the potential difference across each capacitor
across C1
across C2
across the 6.00 µF capacitor
across the 2.00 µF capacitor
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according to creation we need to find---
a)the equivalent capacitance of the system
b) the charge on each capacitor
- on C1
- on C2
- on the 6.00 µF capacitor
- on the 2.00 µF capacitor
c) the potential difference across each capacitor
- across C1
- across C2
- across the 6.00 µF capacitor
- across the 2.00 µF capacitor
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