Consider the system of capacitors in the figure with capacitances C1= 180µF, C2= 30µF and C3= 60µF. Between points a and b the potential difference is Va - Vb = +50 V (a) Determine the equivalent capacitance of the system. (b) Determine the charge Q1 stored in C1 and Determine the charge Q3 stored in C3?
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