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Why is capacitor energy independent of how charge was built up?
ACapacitors have no resistance
BVoltage stays constant
CCharge is always conserved
DThe force is conservative
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. The force is conservative
Work against a conservative force depends only on the initial and final configurations, not on the path of charging.
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