The circuit contains four parallel plate capacitors, all initially uncharged and with no dielectric material between their plates. A switch is closed to complete the circuit at time t=0, so current begins to flow at that time and we wait enough time for the capacitors to become (very close to) fully charged. a. What is the equivalent capacitance of this circuit?    b. What is the charge stored on the 125 µF capacitor?   If we now insert a neoprene rubber dielectric into all of the capacitors, how will the answers change? c. What is the equivalent capacitance of this circuit?   d. What is the charge stored on the 125 µF capacitor?

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4. The circuit contains four parallel plate capacitors, all initially uncharged and with no dielectric material between their plates. A switch is closed to complete the circuit at time t=0, so current begins to flow at that time and we wait enough time for the capacitors to become (very close to) fully charged.

a. What is the equivalent capacitance of this circuit?   

b. What is the charge stored on the 125 µF capacitor?  

If we now insert a neoprene rubber dielectric into all of the capacitors, how will the answers change?

c. What is the equivalent capacitance of this circuit?  

d. What is the charge stored on the 125 µF capacitor?  

125 μF
9.00 V
75.0 μF
100 μΕ
25.0 μF
Transcribed Image Text:125 μF 9.00 V 75.0 μF 100 μΕ 25.0 μF
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