Question

Equivalent capacitance of a series combination of capacitance is the capacitance of each individual capacitor.

• A. greater than
• B. lesser than
• C. same as

Answer 1

The correct option is B lesser than

When capacitors are connected in series, the total capacitance is less than any one of the series capacitors’ individual capacitances.The formula for calculating the series total capacitance is the same form as for calculating parallel resistances:
$\frac{1}{C}=\frac{1}{C_1}+\frac{1}{C_2}+\frac{1}{C_3}+.....$