Electric charge in parallel plate capacitor with 2 parallel dielectrics

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Homework Statement


My question is: If we have a parallel plate capacitor with 2 parallel dielectrics both taking A/2 of the complete surface, is the total electric charge equal to sum of the electrical charges in the first dielectric and the second dielectric, i.e is qtotal=q1+q21*A/2+σ2*A/2?

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Ctotal=C1+C2

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Aren't dielectrics supposed to be neutral ?
Try to find something the two halves have in common.
Re problem statement: what are parallel dielectrics in this context? Are there two capacitors side by side or is there a stack of two dielectris between two capacitor plates ?

Re equations: Try to find something the two halves have in common and find equations that involve it
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