Question

Suppose that you connect the terminals of two batteries of different emfs positive to positive and negative to negative (opposing each other) in a circuit. If you wanted to add in a capacitor to charge it from the batteries, would you be able to get more charge onto the capacitor or less charge, than if there was only one battery. (hint: start this problem by aligning the batteries positive to negative, and think of it from conservation of energy perspective).

Answer 1

Answer is explained in the explanation section below.

Step-by-step explanation:

This question is very basic and easy. The answer to this question is:

Answer: If both batteries are connected we would get less amount of charge as compared to connected a single battery.

Reasoning:

If both batteries are connected in a manner of positive terminal to positive terminal and negative terminal to negative terminal then a capacitor is added to charge it from the batteries then, total electromotive force (emf) would decrease.

As a result, the capacitor added would get less amount of charge stored. But capacitor added will get more amount of charge stored when a single battery is connected.