Collaboration in science is important because if only one scientist does an experiment, and gets a result, he/she could have messed. So this is where collaboration comes in. A few other scientists could try the experiment, and if they get the same answers, the result may be proven correct.
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Answer:
C2, C1, C4, C5 and C6 are in parallel. Therefore, we use the formula Cp = C1 + C2 + ....
Cp = C2 + C1 + C4 + C5 + C6 = ( 7 * 10 ^-3) + (18 * 10^-6) + (0.8F) + (200 * 10^-3 F) + (750 * 10^-6) = 1.008F
Now, Cp will become one capacitor and it will be aligned with C3, therefore it will now become a circuit in series.
We use the formula: 1/Cs = 1/C1 + 1/C2 + .... + ....1/Cn
Thus,
1/Cs = 1/C3 + 1/Cp
1/Cs = 1/(14 * 10^-3 F) + 1/(1.008F)
Cs = 1.4 * 10 ^-2 or if we do not round too much it will give exactly 0.0138 F
So the answer should be a)
