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Chapter 25, Problem 25P
GO In Fig. 25-40, two parallel-plate capacitors (with air between the plates) are connected to a battery. Capacitor 1 has a plate area of 1.5 cm2 and an electric field (between its plates) of magnitude 2000 V/m. Capacitor 2 has a plate area of 0.70 cm2 and an electric field of magnitude 1500 V/m. What is the total charge on the two capacitors?
Figure 25-40 Problem 25.
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e25 In Fig. 25-40, two parallel-plate ca-
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Problem 25.
two parallel-plate capacitors (with air between the plates) are connected to a battery. Capacitor 1 has a plate area of 2.4 cm2 and an electric field (between its plates) of magnitude 1800 V/m. Capacitor 2 has a plate area of 0.56 cm2 and an electric field of magnitude 1700 V/m. What is the total charge on the two capacitors?
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plate capacitor with a plate area A
= 5.56 cm? and separation d = 5.56
mm. The left half of the gap is filled
with material of dielectric constant
KI = 7.00; the right half is filled with
material of dielectric constant K2 =
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