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A capacitor of capacitance C is connected to a voltage source of p.d. V. The capacitor gets charged.
a. What happens to the voltage across the capacitor as charge increases?
b. What is the net work done when the capacitor is fully charged?

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a. Increases b. `W=1/2 CV^(2)`
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