Using a 10 V power supply and two unknown capacitors (C and C2), a PHY-102 students conducted the following experiment: the capacitors were connected to the power supply, first individually, then combined in series, and then combined in parallel. In those experiments, the energy stored in the capacitors were found to be, listed greatest to least: 400 µJ, 300 pJ, 100 µJ, and 75 pJ. Of the two capacitors, the smaller capacitance (in pF) is: O 8.0 O 6.0 O 5.0 O 2.0 O 15

Using a 10 V power supply and two unknown capacitors (C and C2), a PHY-102 students conducted the following experiment: the capacitors were connected to the power supply, first individually, then combined in series, and then combined in parallel. In those experiments, the energy stored in the capacitors were found to be, listed greatest to least: 400 µJ, 300 pJ, 100 µJ, and 75 pJ. Of the two capacitors, the smaller capacitance (in pF) is: O 8.0 O 6.0 O 5.0 O 2.0 O 15

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Using a 10 V power supply and two unknown capacitors (C
and C2), a PHY-102 students conducted the following
experiment: the capacitors were connected to the power
supply, first individually, then combined in series, and then
combined in parallel. In those experiments, the energy
stored in the capacitors were found to be, listed greatest to
least: 400 µJ, 300 µJ, 100 µJ, and 75 µJ. Of the two capacitors,
the smaller capacitance (in pF) is:
O 8.0
O 6.0
O 5.0
O 2.0
O15

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