In Figure 2, two parallel-plates capacitors (A and B) are connected in parallel across a 240 V battery. Each plate has an area of 30 cm? and plates separation of 3.0 mm. Capacitor A is filled with air and capacitor B is filled with a dielectric of constantK=2.3. (a) Explain a significance of having a dielectric between plates of capacitor B, (b) Find the magnitude of electric field within capacitors A and B (c) Find the potential energy stored in each capacitor. (d) Find the charge stored in each capacitor.

In Figure 2, two parallel-plates capacitors (A and B) are connected in parallel across a 240 V battery. Each plate has an area of 30 cm? and plates separation of 3.0 mm. Capacitor A is filled with air and capacitor B is filled with a dielectric of constantK=2.3. (a) Explain a significance of having a dielectric between plates of capacitor B, (b) Find the magnitude of electric field within capacitors A and B (c) Find the potential energy stored in each capacitor. (d) Find the charge stored in each capacitor.

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