Answer to Question #156060 in Physics for Shoaib

Question

You are given two capacitors, C1 and C2, in which C1 > C2. Define according to your understanding that how could things be arranged so that C2 could hold more charge than C2?

Answer 1

I assume the question is: "define according to your understanding that how could things be arranged so that C1 could hold more charge than C2"?

The amount of charge in the capacitor is:

$$q = CU$$

where $C$ is the capacitance, and $U$ is the voltage across the capacitor.

Since $C1>C2$ it is only required to apply equal voltage $U$ acorss each capacitor to obtain $q_1>q_2$ ($C1$ holds more charge than $C2$ ).

Answer. It is required to apply equal voltage acorss each capacitor.