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Chapter 25 Problem 74

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You have two plates of copper, a sheet of mica (thickness = 0.10 mm, K = 5.4), a sheet of glass (thickness = 2.0 mm, K = 7.0), and a slab of paraffin (thickness = 1.0 cm, K = 2.0). To make a parallel-plate capacitor with the largest C, which sheet should you place between the copper plates?

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Title Fundamentals of Physics Extended 9 
Author David Halliday
ISBN 9780470469088

Answer: You have two plates of copper, a sheet of mica

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