Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 21 - Electric Current and Direct-Current Circuits - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 758: 75

Answer

$2.56\mu F$

Work Step by Step

We know that $\frac{1}{C_{12}}=\frac{1}{12.0\mu F}+\frac{1}{8.35\mu F}$ $\implies C_{12}=4.924\mu F$ and $C_{123}=C_{12}+C_{3}=4.924\mu F+4.25\mu F=9.174\mu F$ Now $\frac{1}{C_{1234}}=\frac{1}{C_{123}}+\frac{1}{C_4}$ $\implies \frac{1}{C_{1234}}=\frac{1}{9.174\mu F}+\frac{1}{C}$ $\implies C_{1234}=\frac{(9.174\mu F)(C)}{C+9.174\mu F}$ Now $C_{eq}=C_{1234}+C_5$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $9.22\mu F=(\frac{(9.174\mu F)(C)}{C+9.174\mu F})+7.22\mu F$ This simplifies to: $C=2.56\mu F$
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