You Want to Use Three Capacitors in a Circuit

question 22

Multiple Choice

You want to use three capacitors in a circuit. If each capacitor has a capacitance of 3 pF, the configuration that gives you an equivalent capacitance of 2 pF between points x and y is

• A) 1
• B) 2
• C) 3
• D) 4
• E) None of these is correct.

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