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Question

(a) Six 5.4 µF capacitors are connected in parallel. What is the equivalent capacitance?
answer should be in µF
(b) What is their equivalent capacitance if connected in series?
answer should be in µF

Answer 1

When adding capacitors in parallel, simply add each individual capacitance to get the total capacitance of the entire circuit.

When adding capacitors in series, add the inverses of each capacitance, then take the inverse of this sum to find the total capacitance of the circuit.
When capacitors are in series, you find the equivalent capacitance in a similar method as you do when finding the equivalent resistance of resistors in parallel.

a) The equivalent capacitance would just be six times the capacitance of an individual capacitor.
C_eq = 6 * 5.4 µF = 32.4 µF.

b) Here, just take the capacitance of one capacitor, then divide it by 6 (6 time the invererse of one, then take the inverse to get c / 6).
C_eq = 5.4 µF / 6 = .9 µF

Answer 2

In parallel capacities will be added,(a)=6x5.4=32.4micro farad
in series(b) 0.9 micro farad

Answer 3

sum series

Sum of the inverse for parallel