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You built a circuit consisting of three parallel plate capacitors with capacitances of 2.0 F, 3.0 F, and 5.0 F, respectively, which are connected in parallel. The whole circuit is connected to a 100 V line. What is the (a) total capacitance, (b) charge stored in each capacitor, and (c) potential difference across each capacitor?
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