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Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Edition
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DC Circuits
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19-1: Emf and Terminal Voltage
19-2: Resistors in Series and Parallel
19-3: Kirchhoff's Rules
19-4: Emfs Combined, Battery Charging
19-5: Capacitors in Series and Parallel
19-6: RC Circuits
19-8: Ammeters and Voltmeters

Question by Giancoli, Douglas C., Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Ed., ©2014, Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education Inc., New York.
Problem 47
Q

A circuit contains a single 250-pF capacitor hooked across a battery. It is desired to store four times as much energy in a combination of two capacitors by adding a single capacitor to this one. How would you hook it up, and what would its value be?

A
750 pF in parallel.750 \textrm{ pF in parallel.}
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