Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 25 - Capacitance - Problems - Page 741: 27h

Answer

The charge on capacitor 4 is $~~14.4~\mu C$

Work Step by Step

We can find the equivalent capacitance of capacitor 1 and capacitor 2 in parallel: $C_{12} = C_1+C_2 = 3.00~\mu F$ We can find the equivalent capacitance of capacitor 3 and capacitor 4 in parallel: $C_{34} = C_3+C_4 = 7.00~\mu F$ We can find the equivalent capacitance of the four capacitors: $\frac{1}{C_{eq}} = \frac{1}{3.00~\mu F}+\frac{1}{7.00~\mu F}$ $\frac{1}{C_{eq}} = \frac{7}{21.0~\mu F}+\frac{3}{21.0~\mu F}$ $C_{eq} = \frac{21.0~\mu F}{10}$ $C_{eq} = 2.10~\mu F$ We can find the charge $q$: $q = C_{eq}~V = (2.10~\mu F)(12.0~V) = 25.2~\mu C$ Note that the sum of the charge on capacitor 3 and capacitor 4 is equal to this charge $q$ We can find the potential difference across $C_{34}$: $V_{34} = \frac{q}{C_{34}} = \frac{25.2~\mu C}{7.00~\mu F} = 3.60~V$ Note that this is the potential difference across capacitor 3 and capacitor 4 We can find the charge on capacitor 4: $q_4 = (4.00~\mu F)(3.60~V) = 14.4~\mu C$ The charge on capacitor 4 is $~~14.4~\mu C$.
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