General exam question G5C13

WhyAdding a capacitor in parallel to a capacitor increases the total capacitance. Capacitance adds directly when capacitors are placed in parallel, since a parallel connection effectively increases the total plate area available to store charge, so adding a capacitor in parallel increases total capacitance, answer C. Capacitors in series reduce total capacitance rather than increasing it, and inductors, whether in series or parallel, don't add to a capacitor's capacitance at all, so A, B, and D are wrong.