Choose the incorrect statement from the following: When two identical capacitors are charged individually to different potentials and connected parallel to each other after disconnecting them from the source
  • A
    Net charge equals the sum of initial charges
  • B
    The net energy stored in the two capacitors is less than the sum of the initial individual energies
  • C
    The net potential difference across them is different from the sum of the individual initial potential difference
  • D
    The net potential difference across them equals the sum of the individual initial potential differences
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