Two identical parallel plate air capacitors are connected in series to a battery of e..m.f. ${ }^{\prime}…

Two identical parallel plate air capacitors are connected in series to a battery of e..m.f. ${ }^{\prime} \mathrm{V}^{\prime}$. If one of the capacitor is inserted in liquid of dielectric constant '$\mathrm{K}^{\prime}$, then potential difference of the other capacitor will become
  1. $\frac{\mathrm{K}}{\mathrm{V}(\mathrm{K}+1)}$
  2. $\frac{\mathrm{KV}}{\mathrm{K}+1}$
  3. $\frac{\mathrm{K}+1}{\mathrm{KV}}$
  4. $\frac{\mathrm{K}}{\mathrm{V}(1-\mathrm{K})}$

Solution

Let the capacitance of capacitor \(C_{2}\) be \(C\). Thus capacitance of capacitor \(C_{1}\) is KC. Potential across the capacitor \(\mathrm{C}_{2}, \mathrm{~V}_{2}=\frac{\mathrm{C}_{2}}{\mathrm{C}_{1}+\mathrm{C}_{2}} \mathrm{~V}\) \(\therefore \mathrm{V}_{2}=\frac{\mathrm{KC}}{\mathrm{C}+\mathrm{KC}} \mathrm{V}\) \(\Longrightarrow \mathrm{V}_{2}=\frac{\mathrm{KV}}{\mathrm{K}+1}\) .

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (15 Oct Shift 2)

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