Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 31 - Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current - Problems - Page 936: 4

Answer

$C=9.14$ nF

Work Step by Step

As the total energy is given as $U=\frac{Q^2}{2C}$ This can be rearranged as: $C=\frac{Q^2}{2U}$ We then plug in the known values to obtain: $C=\frac{(1.60\times 10^{-6})^2}{2(140\times 10^{-6})}=9.14\times 10^{-9}=9.14nF$
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