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Transcribed Image Text:A l-megabit computer memory chip contains many 60.0 X
10-15-F capacitors. Each capacitor has a plate area of 21.0 X
10-12 m. Determine the plate separation of such a capacitor.
(Assume a parallel-plate configuration.) The diameter of an
atom is on the order of 10-10 m 1 Å. Express the plate separa-
tion in angstroms.
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