A parallel plate capacitor is constructed using plates of area A and a spacing between the plates d with air in the region between. That capacitor has a capacitance of 88pF. A graduate student attempts to make a copy but mistakenly uses inches rather than centimeters for all the dimensions, so all dimensions are 2.54 times larger than the original. What is the capacitance of the graduate student's capacitor (in pF)?
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A parallel plate capacitor is constructed using plates of area A and a spacing between the plates d with air in the region between. That capacitor has a capacitance of 88pF. A graduate student attempts to make a copy but mistakenly uses inches rather than centimeters for all the dimensions, so all dimensions are 2.54 times larger than the original. What is the capacitance of the graduate student's capacitor (in pF)?

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