A capacitor is charged by a battery. The battery is removed and another identical uncharged capacitor is connected in parallel. The total electrostatic energy of resulting system
A decreases by a factor of 2.
B remains the same.
C increases by a factor of 4.
D increases by a factor of 2.
Answer:D
A capacitor is charged by a battery. The battery is removed and another identical uncharged capacitor is connected in parallel. The total electrostatic energy of resulting system
A decreases by a factor of 2. B remains the same. C increases by a factor of 4. D increases by a factor of 2.