A parallel plate capacitor is made with square plates and has capacitance C. What would he capacitance be if the sides of the square plates were doubled in size, and a dielectric K= 2.5 was serted between the plates? (a) 2.5 C (b) 4C (e 5C (d) 10 C

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**Problem Statement:**

A parallel plate capacitor is made with square plates and has capacitance \( C \). What would the capacitance be if the sides of the square plates were doubled in size, and a dielectric \( \kappa = 2.5 \) was inserted between the plates?

**Options:**

(a) \( 2.5C \)

(b) \( 4C \)

(c) \( 5C \)

(d) \( 10C \)
Transcribed Image Text:**Problem Statement:** A parallel plate capacitor is made with square plates and has capacitance \( C \). What would the capacitance be if the sides of the square plates were doubled in size, and a dielectric \( \kappa = 2.5 \) was inserted between the plates? **Options:** (a) \( 2.5C \) (b) \( 4C \) (c) \( 5C \) (d) \( 10C \)
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