An air-filled parallel-plate capacitor has plates measuring 10.0 cm x 10.0 cm and a plate separation of 1.00 mm. If you want to construct a parallel-plate capacitor of the same capacitance but with plates measuring 5.25 cm x 5.25 cm, d2 = m what plate separation d2 do you need?

An air-filled parallel-plate capacitor has plates measuring 10.0 cm x 10.0 cm and a plate separation of 1.00 mm. If you want to construct a parallel-plate capacitor of the same capacitance but with plates measuring 5.25 cm x 5.25 cm, d2 = m what plate separation d2 do you need?

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An air-filled parallel-plate capacitor has plates measuring 10.0 cm × 10.0 cm and a plate separation of 1.00 mm.
If you want to construct a parallel-plate capacitor of the same
capacitance but with plates measuring 5.25 cm × 5.25 cm,
d2 =
what plate separation d2 do you need?
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