Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Author: Richard Wolfson
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Chapter 28, Problem 64P
Two capacitors are connected in parallel across a 24-V rms, 7.5-kHz sine-wave generator, and the generator supplies a total rms current of 56 mA. With capacitors rewired in series, the rms current drops to 2.8 mA. What are the two capacitances?
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