The condensers of capacity ${C_1}$ and ${C_2}$ are connected in parallel, then the equivalent capacitance is
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(a) Let the potential across the capacitor be $V$

$q=q_{1}+q_{2}$

$C V=C_{1} V+C_{2} V$

$C=C_{1}+C_{2}$

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