NEET · Physics · STD 12 - 2. Electric potential and capacitance
A capacitor is charged by a battery. The battery is removed and another identical uncharged capacitor is connected in parallel. The total electrostatic energy of resulting system
- A increases by a factor of \(2 \)
- B decreases by a factor of \(2\)
- C remains the same
- D increases by a factor of \(4 \)
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(B) decreases by a factor of \(2\)
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When battery is replaced by another uncharged capacitor As uncharged capacitor is connected parallel
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