A parallel-plate capacitor is charged and then kept connected with a 5V battery. Then, the plate separation is decreased by a factor of 4, d_new=1/4 d_old, please type in a number into the box to determine how everything changes. (If something doesn't change, please type in 1 to answer X_new= 1 X_old.) (a) By what fraction does the capacitance change? C_new= C_old; : of charge change? (c) By what fraction does the voltage difference between the two plates change? AV_new= (6) By what does the fraction amount ? Q_new Q_old (When the battery is connected, charges can keep moving and the charge may not stay to be the same.) AV_old (When the battery is always connected, the voltage difference across the capacitor will be always equal to the battery voltage). (d) By what fraction does the energy stored in the capacitor change? U_new= U_old Does it make sense? Let's check, considering the amount of charge and the area of the plate,

A parallel-plate capacitor is charged and then kept connected with a 5V battery. Then, the plate separation is decreased by a factor of 4, d_new=1/4 d_old, please type in a number into the box to determine how everything changes. (If something doesn't change, please type in 1 to answer X_new= 1 X_old.) (a) By what fraction does the capacitance change? C_new= C_old; : of charge change? (c) By what fraction does the voltage difference between the two plates change? AV_new= (6) By what does the fraction amount ? Q_new Q_old (When the battery is connected, charges can keep moving and the charge may not stay to be the same.) AV_old (When the battery is always connected, the voltage difference across the capacitor will be always equal to the battery voltage). (d) By what fraction does the energy stored in the capacitor change? U_new= U_old Does it make sense? Let's check, considering the amount of charge and the area of the plate,

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