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The effective capacitances of two condensers are `3muF and 16muF`, when they are connected in series and parallel respectively. Compute the capacitance of each condenser.

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`C_s = (C_1C_2)/(C_1 + C_2)`
` 3 = (C_1 C_2)/(C_1 + C_2)` ….(1)
`C_P= C_1 + C_2`
` 4 = C_1 + C_2` …(2)
Now on solving eq (1) and (2) we will get
` C_1 = 12muF`
` C_2 = 4muF`
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