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Transcribed Image Text:You have two flat metal plates, each of area 1.26 m², with which to construct a parallel-plate capacitor. (a) If the capacitance of the
device is to be 0.984 F, what must be the separation between the plates? (b) Could this capacitor actually be constructed?
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