KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO.

1 AFS CHAKERI KANPUR

Class-XII-C (Study Material for flipped learning)
Subject-Physics
Topic- COMBINATION OF CAPACITORS
Date- 20-04-2023, Day-Thursday , Teacher –Suneel Kumar Vishwakarma
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Equivalent capacitance of a series combination of capacitors :
Let us consider a series combination of three capacitors
having capacitances & as shown.
We have

⇨ -------(1)
If ‘ ’ be the equivalent capacitance of this series
combination then

⇨ --------(2)

From (1) & (2)

Similarly for a series combination of capacitors

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Equivalent capacitance of a parallel combination of capacitors :

Let us consider a parallel combination of three
capacitors having capacitances & as shown.
We have

⇨
⇨ -----------(1)
If ’ be the equivalent capacitance of this parallel
combination then
-----------(2)
From (1) & (2)

Similarly for a parallel combination of capacitors

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 EXERCISE
1. A network of four capacitors each of capacitance is connected to a supply as shown in the figure.
Determine the - CBSE (AI)-2015
(i) equivalent capacitance of the network and
(ii) charge on each capacitor

[ Ans. (i) ⇨
⇨ equivalent capacitance, 10

(ii) charge on ,

2. Obtain equivalent capacitance of the network given below. For a supply of 300V, find charge and voltage across C4.
[Ans. C=200/3 pF, Q4=3 X10-8C, V4 = 150V] CBSE (AIC)-2008

3. The equivalent capacitance of the combination between A and B in the given figure is 4 . CBSE (D)-2009
(i) Calculate capacitance of the capacitor C.
(ii) Calculate charge on each capacitor if a 12 V battery is connected across terminals A and B.
(iii) what will be the potential drop across each capacitor ? [Ans.(i) C= 5 (ii) Q=48 (iii) V20 =2.4V,V5 =9.6V]

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A 20 C B
31. Find the equivalent capacitance of the combination of
capacitors between the points A and B as shown in figure. Also
calculate the total charge that flows in the circuit when a 100
V battery is connected between the points A and B.

[Ans. 20 , Q = 2000 ] CBSE (D)-2002