Given a 3.00 uF capacitor, a 5.50 uF capacitor, and a 8.00 V battery, find the charge on each capacitor if you connect them in the following ways. (a) in series across the battery 3.00 μF capacitor | 5.50 LF capacitor µC (b) in parallel across the battery 3.00 uF capacitor µC 5.50 µF capacitor µC

Given a 3.00 uF capacitor, a 5.50 uF capacitor, and a 8.00 V battery, find the charge on each capacitor if you connect them in the following ways. (a) in series across the battery 3.00 μF capacitor | 5.50 LF capacitor µC (b) in parallel across the battery 3.00 uF capacitor µC 5.50 µF capacitor µC

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Given a 3.00 µF capacitor, a 5.50 µF capacitor, and a 8.00 V battery, find the charge on each capacitor if you connect them in the
following ways.
(a) in series across the battery
3.00 µF capacitor
µC
5.50 µF capacitor
µC
(b) in parallel across the battery
3.00 µF capacitor
µC
5.50 µF capacitor
µC

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