An air-filled parallel-plate capacitor has plates of area 2.30 cm? separated by 1.50 mm. The capacitor is connected to a 12.0-V battery. (a) Find the value of its capacitance. (b) What is the charge on the capacitor? (c) What is the magnitude of the uniform electric field between the plates?

An air-filled parallel-plate capacitor has plates of area 2.30 cm? separated by 1.50 mm. The capacitor is connected to a 12.0-V battery. (a) Find the value of its capacitance. (b) What is the charge on the capacitor? (c) What is the magnitude of the uniform electric field between the plates?

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An air-filled parallel-plate capacitor has plates of area 2.30 cm?
separated by 1.50 mm. The capacitor is connected to a 12.0-V
battery. (a) Find the value of its capacitance. (b) What is the
charge on the capacitor? (c) What is the magnitude of the
uniform electric field between the plates?

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