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If you have several `2.0 muF` capacitrors, each capable of withstanding `200 V` without breakdown, how would you assemble a combination that has an equivalent capacitance of
a. `0.4muF`
b. `1.2 muF` each with standing `1000V`?

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The correct Answer is:
(a) five `2 mu F` capacitors in series
(b) 3 parallel rows ; each consisting of five `2.0mu F` capacitors in series
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