Understanding Capacitors

Practice Questions

AP Physics C Electricity & Magnetism › Understanding Capacitors

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A parallel plate capacitor has a capacitance of . If the plates are apart, what is the area of the plates?

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Charge is distributed uniformly over the area of the two plates of a parallel plate capacitor, resulting in a surface area charge density of on the plates (the top plate is positive and the bottom is negative, as shown below). Each plate has area and are separated by distance . A material of dielectric constant has been placed between the two plates.

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Which of the following would not result in an increase in the measure of electric potential difference between the two plates?

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