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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:

  1. A
    Increases by a factor of
  2. B
    Decreases by a factor of
  3. C
    Remains the same
  4. D
    Increases by a factor of

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Initial energy .When an identical uncharged capacitor is connected, charge is shared equally ( each).Final total energy .. The energy decreases by a factor of .

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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
B
Decreases by a factor of
C
Remains the same
D
Increases by a factor of

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