Question

Each capacitor shown in figure (31-E10) has a capacitance of 5.0μF. The emf of the battery is 50V. How much charge will flow through AB if the switch S is closed?

Answer 1

Initially when ‘s’ is not connected,

Now, the initial charge will remain stored in the stored in the short capacitor
Hence net charge flowing
= 5 × 10^–4 – 1.66 × 10^–4 = 3.3 × 10^–4C.