A parallel plate capacitor is charged up by a battery. The

Chapter 19, Problem 19.130

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A parallel plate capacitor is charged up by a battery. The battery is then disconnected, but the charge remains on the plates. The plates are then pulled apart. Do the following quantities decrease, remain the same, or increase as the distance between the plates increases? (a) The capacitance of the capacitor (b) The potential difference between the plates (c) The electric field between the plates (d) The electric potential energy stored by the capacitor

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