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Two identical capacitors Ca and Cb each of capacitance 5.85μ F are connected in parallel across a CONSTANT total electric potential difference 620 V. A dielectric slab of dielectric constant 7.3 can fill Ca and is slowly inserted into that capacitor.
A) What is the change in charge, ΔQa, on Ca when the dielectric is added to Ca?
B) What is the change in charge, ΔQb, on Cb when the dielectric is added to Ca?
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