JEE Advance - Physics (2012 - Paper 2 Offline - No. 3)

In the given circuit, a charge of $$+80$$ $$\mu C$$ is given to the upper plate of the $$4$$ $$\mu F$$ capacitor. Then in the steady state, the charge on the upper plate of the $$3$$ $$\mu F$$ capacitor is
IIT-JEE 2012 Paper 2 Offline Physics - Capacitor Question 16 English
$$ + \,32\,\mu C$$
$$ + \,40\,\mu C$$
$$ + \,48\,\mu C$$
$$ + \,80\,\mu C$$

Explanation

Let the charges on the $ 3 \mu \mathrm{F} $ and $ 2 \mu \mathrm{F} $ capacitors be $ q $ and $ q' $ respectively. The charge on the lower plate of the $ 4 \mu \mathrm{F} $ capacitor is $ -80 \mu \mathrm{C} $. The lower plate of the $ 4 \mu \mathrm{F} $ capacitor and the upper plates of the $ 2 \mu \mathrm{F} $ and $ 3 \mu \mathrm{F} $ capacitors form an isolated system. Therefore, the net charge on this system must be zero, which can be represented as :

$ q + q' - 80 \mu \mathrm{C} = 0 \quad \text{..........(i)} $

The potentials ($ V = q / C $) across these two capacitors are equal, which gives :

$ \frac{q}{3} = \frac{q'}{2} \quad \text{..........(ii)} $

By substituting $ q' $ from equation (ii) into equation (i), we can solve for $ q $ and find :

$ q = 48 \mu \mathrm{C} $

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