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Q.A spherical liquid drop has a capacitance of 1 µF. It breaks to form eight drops of the same radius. The capacitance of each drop is

(a) 1/2 µF
(b) 1/4 µF
(c) 1/8 µF
(d) 8 µF
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Volume conservation gives each small drop half the big drop's radius, and since C∝rC\propto r, each small drop's capacitance is C/2C/2.

Capacitance of an isolated sphere: C=4πε0rC = 4\pi\varepsilon_0 r, proportional to radius rr.

When a big drop of radius RR splits into 8 identical small drops of radius rr, volume is conserved: …

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