b. Capacitor A and Capacitor B are two parallel plate capacitors. Capacitor B has twice the area and four times distance between plates of Capacitor A. (i) What is the ratio CB: CA, and (ii) What is the ratio of Energy stored UB:UÀ when the capacitors store the same charge on its plates?

b. Capacitor A and Capacitor B are two parallel plate capacitors. Capacitor B has twice the area and four times distance between plates of Capacitor A. (i) What is the ratio CB: CA, and (ii) What is the ratio of Energy stored UB:UÀ when the capacitors store the same charge on its plates?

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Chapter25: Capacitance And Dielectrics

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Problem 1P: (a) When a battery is connected to the plates of a 3.00-F capacitor, it stores a charge of 27.0 C....

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b. Capacitor A and Capacitor B are two parallel plate capacitors. Capacitor B
has twice the area and four times distance between plates of Capacitor A.
(i) What is the ratio CB: CA, and
(ii) What is the ratio of Energy stored UB:UA when the capacitors store the
same charge on its plates?

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