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CE A parallel-plate capacitor is connected to a battery
Chapter 20, Problem 75GP(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 75GP
CE A parallel-plate capacitor is connected to a battery that maintains a constant potential difference V between the plates. If the plates of the capacitor are pulled farther apart, do the following quantities increase, decrease, or remain the same? (a) The electric field between the plates; (b) the charge on the plates; (c) the capacitance; (d) the energy stored in the capacitor.
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QUESTION:
Problem 75GP
CE A parallel-plate capacitor is connected to a battery that maintains a constant potential difference V between the plates. If the plates of the capacitor are pulled farther apart, do the following quantities increase, decrease, or remain the same? (a) The electric field between the plates; (b) the charge on the plates; (c) the capacitance; (d) the energy stored in the capacitor.
ANSWER:
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Here, we have to find whether the given quantities will be increased, decreased or remain the same, if we increase the separation between the plates of the capacitor.