Two capacitors each having capacitance C and breakdown voltage V are joined in series. The capacitance and the breakdown voltage of the combination will be

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C/2 and 2 V. Since the voltage gets added up when the capacitors are connected in series, the voltage of the combination is 2V. Also, the capacitance of a series combination is given by 1/C_"net" = 1/C_1 + 1/C_2 Here , C_net = Net capacitance of the combination C_1 = C_2 = C therefore C_"net" = C/2

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