Q. Two capacitors of capacitances $C_{1}$ and $C_{2}$ are connected in parallel across a battery. If $Q_{1}$ and $Q_{2}$ respectively be the charges on the capacitors, then $\frac{Q_{1}}{Q_{2}}$ will be equal to
A) $\frac{C_{2}}{C_{1}}$
B) $\frac{C_{1}}{C_{2}}$
C) $\ \frac{C_{1}^{2}}{C_{2}^{2}}$
D) $\frac{C_{2}^{2}}{\ C_{1}^{2}}$
Explanation
(b) In parallel, potential is same, say $V$
$\frac{Q_{1}}{Q_{2}} = \frac{C_{1}V}{C_{2}V} = \frac{C_{1}}{C_{2}}$
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