A heart defibrillator contains four capacitors with a combined effective capacitance of 12 uF. a. If each individual capacitor is 3 uF, are the four capacitors word in parallel or series? b. How much energy does the defibrillator store when it is fully charged at 4000 v

A heart defibrillator contains four capacitors with a combined effective capacitance of 12 uF. a. If each individual capacitor is 3 uF, are the four capacitors word in parallel or series? b. How much energy does the defibrillator store when it is fully charged at 4000 v

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a. If each individual capacitor is 3 uF, are the four capacitors word in parallel or series?
b. How much energy does the defibrillator store when it is fully charged at 4000 v
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