An isolated parallel plate capacitor of plate area A = 0.05m2 with a plate separation d = 5 cm has a carge Q = 100µC when the space between the plates are filled with air. (a) What is the capacitance C, of this capacitor? (b) What is the potential difference between the plates? Now a dielectric slab of same area A and thickness b = 1.5 cm is placed between the plates without touching any plate as seen in the figure. The dielectric constant of the slab is given as K = 5.4. (c) What is the new potential difference between the plates?

An isolated parallel plate capacitor of plate area A = 0.05m2 with a plate separation d = 5 cm has a carge Q = 100µC when the space between the plates are filled with air. (a) What is the capacitance C, of this capacitor? (b) What is the potential difference between the plates? Now a dielectric slab of same area A and thickness b = 1.5 cm is placed between the plates without touching any plate as seen in the figure. The dielectric constant of the slab is given as K = 5.4. (c) What is the new potential difference between the plates?

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