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JEE Advanced 2018 — Paper 1 — Question 11

Three identical capacitors C1,C2C_{1}, C_{2} and C3C_{3} have a capacitance of 1.0μF1.0 \mu F each and they are uncharged initially. They are connected in a circuit as shown in the figure and ClC_{l} is then filled completely with a dielectric material of relative permittivity ϵr\epsilon_{r}. The cell electromotive force (emf) V0=8 VV_{0}=8 \mathrm{~V}. First the switch SlS_{l} is closed while the switch S2S_{2} is kept open. When the capacitor C3C_{3} is fully charged, SlS_{l} is opened and S2S_{2} is closed simultaneously. When all the capacitors reach equilibrium, the charge on C3C_{3} is found to be 5μC5 \mu C. The value of ϵr=\epsilon_{r}= _____\_\_\_\_\_.

Question figure

Answer: 1.5

Numerical answer — enter this value.

Step-by-step solution

After S1S_{1} is closed, C3C_{3} has charge 8μC8 \mu \mathrm{C}. when S1S_{1} opened and S2S_{2} closed, C3C_{3} has charge 5μC5 \mu \mathrm{C}. so remaining 3

μC\mu \mathrm{C} resides on C1\mathrm{C}_{1} and C2\mathrm{C}_{2}

1Ceq=1ϵr+11=53[1C=Vq]\frac{1}{C_{e q}}=\frac{1}{\epsilon_{r}}+\frac{1}{1}=\frac{5}{3} \quad\left[\frac{1}{C}=\frac{V}{q}\right]

⇒∈r=32=1.5\Rightarrow \in_{r}=\frac{3}{2}=1.5

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Exam
JEE Advanced 2018
Paper
Paper 1
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Capacitors and R-C Circuits
Topic
Effect of Dielectrics