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Transcribed Image Text:A parallel-plate capacitor with area 0.220 m2 and plate separation of 4.40 mm is connected to a 6.80-V battery.
(a) What is the capacitance?
(b) How much charge is stored on the plates?
(c) What is the electric field between the plates?
N/C
(d) Find the magnitude of the charge density on each plate.
|C/m2
(e) Without disconnecting the battery, the plates are moved farther apart. Qualitatively, what happens to each of the previous answers?
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