Why the capacitor is connected in parallel?

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Capacitor: Device for storing electrical energy, consisting of two conductors nearby and insulated from each other
1. Parallel connection of two individual capacitors with capacitance $C_{1}$ and $C_{2}$ respectively results an equivalent capacitance of $C = C_{1} + C_{2}$
2. Where series connection results an equivalent capacitance $C$ which can be found using the relation $\frac{1}{C} = \frac{1}{C_{1}} + \frac{1}{C_{2}}$
3. We can observe that parallel connection results in an increase in capacitance.
Hence, Capacitors are connected in parallel to increase capacitance to increase the electrical energy stored.

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