Three capacitors are connected to a battery as shown in Figure P25.10. Their capacitances are C = 3C, C, = C, and Cg = 5C. (a) What is the equivalent capacitance of this set of capacitors? (b) State the ranking of the capacitors according to the charge they store from largest to smallest. (c) Rank the capacitors according to the potential differences across them from largest to smallest. (d) What If? Assume C3 is increased. Explain what happens to the charge stored by each capacitor. Figure P25.10

Three capacitors are connected to a battery as shown in Figure P25.10. Their capacitances are C = 3C, C, = C, and Cg = 5C. (a) What is the equivalent capacitance of this set of capacitors? (b) State the ranking of the capacitors according to the charge they store from largest to smallest. (c) Rank the capacitors according to the potential differences across them from largest to smallest. (d) What If? Assume C3 is increased. Explain what happens to the charge stored by each capacitor. Figure P25.10

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Three capacitors are connected to a battery as shown in Figure
P25.10. Their capacitances are G = 3C, C, = C, and C3 = 5C. (a)
What is the equivalent capacitance of this set of capacitors? (b)
State the ranking of the capacitors according to the charge they
store from largest to smallest. (c) Rank the capacitors according to
the potential differences across them from largest to smallest. (d)
What If? Assume Cz is increased. Explain what happens to the
charge stored by each capacitor.
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