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The capacitance of a conductor is 2 pF and its potential is 100 V. When it is connected to an uncharged conductor, the potential becomes 8V. What is the capacitance of the second conductor? What are the charges on them?

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`23pF, 16xx10^(-12)C, 184xx10^(-12)C`
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