Question

Two capacitors having capacitance value 4F, three capacitors having capacitance value 2F and 5 capacitors having capacitance value 1F are connected in parallel, calculate the equivalent capacitance.

(a) 20F

(b) 19F

(c) 18F

(d) 17F

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Answer 1

Right option is (b) 19F

The best explanation: When capacitors are connected in parallel, the total capacitance is equal to the sum of the capacitance of each of the capacitors. Hence Ctotal=4+4+2+2+2+1+1+1+1+1=19F.