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A capacitor is charged by a battery. The battery is removed and another identical uncharged capacitor is connected in parallel.The total electrostatic energy of resulting system

A

decreases by a factor of 2

B

remains the same

C

increases by a factor of 2

D

increases by a factor of 4

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