A variable capacitor with a range from 8.5 to 389 pF is used with a coil to form a variable-frequency LC circuit to tune the input to aradio. (a) What is the ratio of maximum frequency to minimum frequency that can be obtained with such a capacitor? If this circuit isto obtain frequencies from 0.66 MHz to 1.54 MHz, the ratio computed in (a) is too large. By adding a capacitor in parallel to thevariable capacitor, this range can be adjusted. To obtain the desired frequency range, (b) what capacitance in picofarads should beadded and (c) what inductance should the coil have?(a) NumberUnits(b) NumberUnits(c) NumberiUnits

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