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The charge center of a
thundercloud, drifting 3.0 km above the earth’s surface, contains 20 C
of negative charge. Assuming the charge center has a radius of 1.0 km,
and modeling the charge center and the earth’s surface as parallel plates,
calculate: the capacitance of the system
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