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A capacitor of capacitance C is charged by connecting it to a battery of emf epsilon. The capacitor is now disconnected and reconnected to the battery with the polarity reversed. Calculate the heat developed in the connecting wires.

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To solve the problem of calculating the heat developed in the connecting wires when a capacitor is charged and then reconnected with reversed polarity, we can follow these steps: ### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Initial Charging of the Capacitor:** - When the capacitor of capacitance \( C \) is connected to a battery with emf \( \epsilon \), the charge \( Q \) on the capacitor is given by: \[ Q = C \epsilon ...
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