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Textbook Solutions for Fundamentals of Physics Extended

Chapter 25 Problem 9

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A parallel-plate capacitor is connected to a battery of electric potential difference V. If the plate separation is decreased, do the following quantities increase, decrease, or remain the same: (a) the capacitor's capacitance, (b) the potential difference across the capacitor, (c) the charge on the capacitor, (d) the energy stored by the capacitor, (e) the magnitude of the electric field between the plates, and (f) the energy density of that electric field?

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Title Fundamentals of Physics Extended 9 
Author David Halliday
ISBN 9780470469088

A parallel-plate capacitor is connected to a battery of

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