A pair of two parallel plates of area A separated by a very small distance d makes up an ideal parallel-plate capacitor. The energy stored in the capacitor is Uo when it is connected to a battery that maintains a constant potential difference between the plates. How much energy is stored in the capacitor if the gap between the plates is doubled? O 200 O UO O Uo/2 O 400 O U0/4

A pair of two parallel plates of area A separated by a very small distance d makes up an ideal parallel-plate capacitor. The energy stored in the capacitor is Uo when it is connected to a battery that maintains a constant potential difference between the plates. How much energy is stored in the capacitor if the gap between the plates is doubled? O 200 O UO O Uo/2 O 400 O U0/4

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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