The plates of a parallel-plate capacitor in vacuum are 5.00 mm apart and 2.00 m2 in area. A 10.0 kV potential difference is applied across the capacitor. Compute (a) the capacitance; (b) the charge on each plate; and (c) the magnitude of the electric field between the plates.

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The plates of a parallel-plate capacitor in vacuum are 5.00 mm apart
and 2.00 m2 in area. A 10.0 kV potential difference is applied across
the capacitor. Compute (a) the capacitance; (b) the charge on each plate;
and (c) the magnitude of the electric field between the plates.

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