AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism 11.8 A Describe the Equivalent Capacitance of Multiple Capacitors Questions

Describe series, parallel, and compound capacitor networks using equivalent capacitance, charge conservation, shared charge, and shared voltage.

Exam points

identify series and parallel capacitor groups by tracing their nodes and conducting connections
reduce a compound capacitor network to its equivalent capacitance between two specified points
use equal charge magnitude for series capacitors and equal voltage for parallel capacitors
calculate individual capacitor charges and potential differences after the circuit reaches equilibrium
apply charge conservation when a charged capacitor is reconnected to initially uncharged capacitors

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The circuit shown above is composed of an ideal 10 V battery, three resistors and three capacitors with the values shown, and an open switch S. The capacitors are initially uncharged. Switch S is now closed.

For t>0, would the sketch of a graph of the new voltage across $C_{2}$ as a function of time be above, below, or the same as the sketch for part (e) ? Above Below The same
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