Series Capacitance

The reciprocal of the total capacitance of n capacitors in series equals the sum of the reciprocals of each capacitor.

\frac{1}{C_{total}}=\frac{1}{C_{1}}+\frac{1}{C_{2}}+\frac{1}{C_{n}} \frac{1}{C_{1}}=\frac{1}{C_{total}}-\frac{1}{C_{2}}-\frac{1}{C_{n}} \frac{1}{C_{2}}=\frac{1}{C_{total}}-\frac{1}{C_{1}}-\frac{1}{C_{n}}

etc.

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_and_parallel_circuits#Capacitors

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