Two insulated metallic spheres of $3\,\mu F$ and $5\,\mu F$ capacitances are charged to $300\, V$ and $500\,V$ respectively. The energy loss, when they are connected by a wire is
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(c) $\Delta U = \frac{1}{2}\frac{{{C_1}{C_2}{{({V_2} - {V_1})}^2}}}{{({C_1} + {C_2})}}$$ = \frac{{(3 \times 5) \times {{10}^{ - 12}} \times {{(500 - 300)}^2}}}{{(3 + 5) \times {{10}^{ - 6}}}}$
$ = \frac{{15 \times {{10}^{ - 12}} \times 4 \times {{10}^4}}}{{8 \times {{10}^{ - 6}}}} = 0.0375\,J$
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