In the figure, a parallel-plate capacitor has square plates of edge length L = 2.6 m. A current of 3.1 A charges the capacitor, producing a uniform electric field between the plates, with perpendicular to the plates. (a) What is the displacement current i through the region between the plates? (b) What is dE/dt in this region? (c) What is the displacement current encircled by the square dashed path of edge length d = 0.80 m? (d) What is B - a3 around this square dashed path?

In the figure, a parallel-plate capacitor has square plates of edge length L = 2.6 m. A current of 3.1 A charges the capacitor, producing a uniform electric field between the plates, with perpendicular to the plates. (a) What is the displacement current i through the region between the plates? (b) What is dE/dt in this region? (c) What is the displacement current encircled by the square dashed path of edge length d = 0.80 m? (d) What is B - a3 around this square dashed path?

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