When capacitors are connected in parallel, the total capacitance is the _______ of the individual capacitances.

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When capacitors are connected in parallel, the total capacitance is the sum of the individual capacitors' capacitances.

\({C_{eq}}(parallel) = {C_1} + {C_2} + {C_3} + \ldots + {C_4}\)

When capacitors are connected in series, the total capacitance is less than the least capacitance connected in series, i.e.

\(\frac{1}{{{C_{eq}(series)}}} = \frac{1}{{{C_1}}} + \frac{1}{{{C_2}}} + \ldots + \frac{1}{{{C_n}}}\)