The circuit diagram is shown below:
From the diagram we notice that the same voltage will flow in every capacitor, this will be helpful later.
We know that this three capacitors are equivalent to a single equivalent capacitor with 62µF capacitance. The charge in this equivalent capacitor is:
[tex]Q_{eq}=(62\times10^{-6})(500)=0.031[/tex]Now, as we mentioned, the voltage is the same in each capacitor then the charge in each of them is:
[tex]\begin{gathered} Q_1=(30\times10^{-6})(500)=0.015 \\ Q_2=(20\times10^{-6})(500)=0.01 \\ Q_3=(12\times10^{-6})(500)=0.006 \end{gathered}[/tex]To check if this is correct we need to remember that the charge in the equivalent capacitor is equal to the sum of the charge in each capactior; for this case this conditon is fulfil; therefore we conclude that:
• The charge in the first capacitor is 0.015 C
,• The charge in the second capacitor is 0.01 C
,• The charge in the third capacitor is 0.006 C
The diagram with the labels is shown below:
