Equivalent capacitance of capacitors in parallel (17-26)

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Equivalent capacitance of capacitors in parallel

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For the equivalent capacitor of capacitance $C_{\mathrm{equiv}}$ that corresponds to the three capacitors in parallel, Equation 17-14 says that $q = C_{\mathrm{equiv}}V$ . Comparing this to Equation 17-25 shows that

If there are more than three capacitors in parallel, the same rule given in Equation 17-26 applies. The equivalent capacitance of a parallel combination is always greater than the smallest capacitance of any of the individual capacitors.