Physics for Scientists and Engineers With Modern Physics
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Chapter 26.4, Problem 26.4QQ
You have three capacitors and a battery. In which of the following combinations of the three capacitors is the maximum possible energy stored when the combination is attached to the battery? (a) series (b) parallel (c) no difference because both combinations store the same amount of energy
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