An air-filled parallel plate capacitor has a capacitance of Co, a charge of Qo and a potential difference of Vo when the plate area is A and the plate separation is d. Which of the following statements is true if the plate separation is reduced to d/2? 1: The capacitance is increased to 2C0 II: The charge is increased to 2Q0 II: The potential difference between the plates is reduced to Vo/2 Tonly. O l and Il O Il and II I and II O None of the three statements is true. O None of the options above.

An air-filled parallel plate capacitor has a capacitance of Co, a charge of Qo and a potential difference of Vo when the plate area is A and the plate separation is d. Which of the following statements is true if the plate separation is reduced to d/2? 1: The capacitance is increased to 2C0 II: The charge is increased to 2Q0 II: The potential difference between the plates is reduced to Vo/2 Tonly. O l and Il O Il and II I and II O None of the three statements is true. O None of the options above.

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An air-filled parallel plate capacitor has a capacitance of Co, a charge of Qo and a potential difference of Vo when the plate area is
A and the plate separation is d. Which of the following statements is true if the plate separation is reduced to d/2?
1: The capacitance is increased to 2C0
II: The charge is increased to 2Q0
II: The potential difference between the plates is reduced to Vo/2
I only.
O l and I
O Il and II
I and II
None of the three statements is true.
O None of the options above.

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