I was given this question for homework and I dont know whereto even to begin to

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I was given this question for homework and I dont know whereto even to begin to work it out. Please provide step by stepinstructions for how to go about completing this problem or anysuggestions would be helpful. Physics is a real struggle for me, sothe more information the better: A capacitor C1=16.0uF carries charge Q1=12.4uF. It is thenconnected to a second initally uncharges capacitor C2=36.0uF. Whatcharge will each carry now and what will be the potientialdifference across each? my professor gave a hint that it doesnt matter if thecapacitors are connected in series or parallel because the secondone is initially uncharged. Thanks! I was given this question for homework and I dont know whereto even to begin to work it out. Please provide step by stepinstructions for how to go about completing this problem or anysuggestions would be helpful. Physics is a real struggle for me, sothe more information the better: A capacitor C1=16.0uF carries charge Q1=12.4uF. It is thenconnected to a second initally uncharges capacitor C2=36.0uF. Whatcharge will each carry now and what will be the potientialdifference across each? my professor gave a hint that it doesnt matter if thecapacitors are connected in series or parallel because the secondone is initially uncharged. Thanks!

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A capacitor C1=16.0uF carries charge Q1=12.4uC It is thenconnected to a second initally uncharges capacitor C2=36.0uF. Whatcharge will each carry now and what will be the potientialdifference across each? when they are connected in parallel
from the conservation of charge each will carry a charge of12.4/2=6.2C
q1+q2=c1v1+c2v2
12.4F+0=c1v1+c2v2
the potential difference=c1v1+c2v2/c1+c2=12.4/52=0.2384V

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