In the given figure, the charge stored in a capacitor, when points and are joined by a connecting wire, is :
The figure shows: a terminal marked at the top feeds a horizontal top rail. Two vertical branches hang from that top rail down to a common horizontal bottom rail, and the bottom rail is earthed. Descending the left branch: a resistor, then the point , then a capacitor, then the bottom rail. Descending the right branch: a capacitor, then the point , then a resistor, then the bottom rail. and are thus the mid-points of the two branches, and they are the points joined by the connecting wire.
