Three capacitors have capacitances C1 < C2 < C3 . If these capacitors are connected in series, which of the following is true for the resulting equivalent capacitance?

a. Ceq < C1
b. Ceq > C3
c. Ceq = (C1 + C2 + C3)/3
d. None of the above is always correct.


a

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