Question #326578

A series combination of two uncharged capacitors are connected to a 15-V battery, 300uJ of energy is drawn from the battery. If one of the capacitors has a capacitance of 5.0uF, what is the capacitance of the other?



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Expert's answer
2022-04-11T12:03:09-0400

The net capacitance

C=2WV2=2300106152=2.67106F=2.7μFC=\frac{2W}{V^2}=\frac{2*300*10^{-6}}{15^2}=2.67*10^{-6}\rm\: F=2.7\: \mu F

On the other hand

1C=1C1+1C2\frac{1}{C}=\frac{1}{C_1}+\frac{1}{C_2}

C2=11C1C1C_2=\frac{1}{\frac{1}{C}-\frac{1}{C_1}}

C2=112.715.0=5.9μFC_2=\frac{1}{\frac{1}{2.7}-\frac{1}{5.0}}=5.9\:\rm \mu F


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