Physics · Electrostatics
A capacitor is charged by a battery. The battery is removed and another identical uncharged capacitor is connected in parallel. The total electrostatic energy of the resulting system:
- 1Increases by a factor of 2
- 2Increases by a factor of 4
- 3Decreases by a factor of 2✓
- 4Remains the same
Correct answer
Decreases by a factor of 2
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