A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance … is charged to a potential …, The energy stored in the capacitor is …. The capacitor is now connected to another uncharged identical capacitor in parallel combination. The energy stored in the combination is …. The ratio … is :

Option A. To determine the ratio …, we will follow these steps:

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JEE Main 2023 · 11 Apr, Morning shift · Q6180

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A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance

2 \mathrm{~F}

is charged to a potential

\mathrm{V}

, The energy stored in the capacitor is

E_{1}

. The capacitor is now connected to another uncharged identical capacitor in parallel combination. The energy stored in the combination is

\mathrm{E}_{2}

. The ratio

\mathrm{E}_{2} / \mathrm{E}_{1}

is :