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# Two Capacitors Each Having Capacitance C and Breakdown Voltage V Are Joined in Series. the Capacitance and the Breakdown Voltage of the Combination Will Be - Physics

ConceptCapacitors and Capacitance

#### Question

Two capacitors each having capacitance C and breakdown voltage V are joined in series. The capacitance and the breakdown voltage of the combination will be

• 2 C and 2 V

• C/2 and V/2

• 2 C and V/2

• C/2 and 2 V.

#### Solution

C/2 and 2 V.

Since the voltage gets added up when the capacitors are connected in series, the voltage of the combination is 2V.

Also, the capacitance of a series combination is given by

1/C_"net" = 1/C_1 + 1/C_2

Here ,

C_net = Net capacitance of the combination

C_1 = C_2 = C

therefore C_"net" = C/2

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